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The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Plan of the Battle of Reichenberg, 1757 (Liberec, Liberecký Kraj, Czech Republic) 50°46'01"N 15°03'22"E
1758Etching and engraving; letterpress text; printed on one sheet of paper | Scale: 1:34,400 approx. | RCIN 732008.a
Additional text: [below map, letterpress key, A-I, K-N.]
Condition: one fold line; surface dirt on both sides. Verso: bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch and fragments from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Pieter [Pierre] de Hondt (c.1696-1764) (publisher) [[bottom, below letterpress text:] A LA HAYE, CHEZ PIERRE DE HONDT, 1758.
Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver) [bottom left, between platemark and neatline:] J. V. Schley direx.
LWF von Oebschelwitz (active 1756-66) (draughtsman) [bottom right, between neatline and platemark:] L.W.F. von Oebschelwitz delin.
Subject(s)
Army-AustriaArmy-PrussiaWatermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield suspending a beehive with C & I HONIG below; countermark: the crowned letters GR
Condition: one fold line; surface dirt on both sides. Verso: bottom, right of centre, water-stained patch and fragments from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: 1:34,400 approx. Scale bar: Echelle d'un quart de Lieuë d'Allemagne, ou 2500 Pas [59 mm =].
23.4 x 31.8 cm (neatline)
34.6 x 35.3 cm (image)
25.1 x 33.4 cm (platemark)
24.1 x 32.3 cm (image of map alone)
42.1 x 53.1 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN DE L’ACTION DE REICHENBERG, / gagnée par les Troupes de S.M. le ROI DE PRUSSE, sous les Ordres de S.A.S. le Prince de Bevern, contre les Troupes / AUTRICHIENNES, sous le Commandement de Mr. le Comte de Koenisegg; Le 21 Avril 1757. [top, outside platemark, letterpress text]
Additional text:
[below map, letterpress key, A-I, K-N.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Reichenberg 21 April 1757.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom, right of centre, red pencil?]: 53[/?].
George III catalogue entry:
Reichenberg Plan de l’Action de Reichenberg gagnée par les Troupes du Roi de Prusse sous les ordres du Prince de Bevern contre les Troupes Autrichiennes commandées par le Comte de Koenigsegg le 21 Avril 1757: par L.W.F. von Oebschelwitz, chez P. de Hondt, 1758.
Subject(s)
Liberec, Liberecký Kraj, Czech Republic (50°46'01"N 15°03'22"E)
Page revisions
8 June 2024
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