Map of the Battle of Prague, 1757 (Prague, Hlavní Mesto Praha, Czech Republic) 50°05'16"N 14°25'14"E

Pieter [Pierre] de Hondt (c.1696-1764) (publisher) [bottom, below letterpress text:] A LA HAYE, CHEZ PIERRE DE HONDT, 1758.

LWF von Oebschelwitz (active 1756-66) (draughtsman) [bottom right, between neatline and platemark:] L.W.F. von Oebschelwitz delin.

Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver) [bottom left, between neatline and platemark:] J.V. Schley direx.

Subject(s)

Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield suspending a beehive, the name C & I HONIG below; countermark: crowned monogram GR

Condition: one fold line; creased. Verso: bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label with a faint indication that the cipher label was printed in red

Scale: 1:26,200 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'¼ de Lieuë de Boheme [46 mm =].

28.9 x 43.9 cm (neatline)

42.2 x 49.2 cm (image)

31.4 x 45.8 cm (platemark)

29.5 x 44.3 cm (image of map alone)

42.5 x 53.9 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

PLAN DE LA BATAILLE, / gagnée par SA MAJESTÉ le ROI de PRUSSE, sur l’Armée AUTRICHIENNE, aux Ordres de S.A.R. le Duc Charles de Lorraine, / près de PRAGUE, le 6 May 1757. [above map, outside neatline, letterpress]

Additional text:

[below map, letterpress text, keys to the map detail, 1-9, A-I, K-T, and I-VI.] 

Annotations:

George III heading: Battle of Prague 6 May 1757.

Other annotations: none.

George III catalogue entry:

Prague Plan de la Bataille gagnée par le Roy de Prusse sur l’Armée Autrichienne aux ordres du Duc Charles de Lorraine pres de Prague le 6 May 1757: par L.W.F. von Oebschelwitz, chez P. de Hondt, 1758.