The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Prague, 1757
A MAP / of the Country round / PRAGUE / shewing / ye Junction & March of the / Prussian Army; / to the Field of Battle / where they gained a / compleat Victory, over the / Austrians / May 6. 1757
1757Etching and engraving, printed from separate copperplates, and letterpress text printed on one sheet of paper; hand coloured | Scale: 1:14,000 approx. | RCIN 732009
Additional text: [between the two maps, letterpress account of the action:] EXTRACT from several Authentic Letters from BERLIN, giving an Account of the Battle fought between the PRUSSIANS and / AUSTRIANS near Prague, May 6, 1757.
Condition: one fold line.
Thomas Jefferys (c. 1719-71) (publisher) [between neatline and platemark of bottom map:] Published June 10 1757 by T: Jefferys Geographer to the Prince of Wales at Charing Cross. Price 1=6s=d
Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily, the letters L V G below; countermark: IV
Condition: one fold line
Scale: 1:14,000 approx. Scale bars: map: Scale English Miles 69½ in a Degree [146 mm =] 4; Half a Bohemian Mile 12 in a Degree [134 mm 4 unspecified units]; plan: Scale of Toises 1000 [138 mm =].
54.3 x 29.0 cm (image)
59.4 x 33.3 cm (sheet)
19.9 x 25.9 cm (image of map of the country)
20.2 x 26.7 cm (platemark of map of the country)
19.6 x 25.9 cm (neatline of map of the country)
25.8 x 28.9 cm (image of plan of Prague)
25.3 x 28.9 cm (neatline of plan of Prague)
26.6 x 30.4 cm (platemark of plan of Prague)
Printed title:
A MAP / of the Country round / PRAGUE / shewing / ye Junction & March of the / Prussian Army; / to the Field of Battle / where they gained a / compleat Victory, over the / Austrians / May 6. 1757. [two engraved maps and letterpress text printed on one sheet; top map, top left, in rectangular panel]
Printed title:
A Plan of the / CITY of PRAGUE / with the Prussian Camp & Batteries / 1757. [bottom map, top left]
Additional text:
[between the two maps, letterpress account of the action:] EXTRACT from several Authentic Letters from BERLIN, giving an Account of the Battle fought between the PRUSSIANS and / AUSTRIANS near Prague, May 6, 1757.
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Prague 6 May 1757.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Prague A Map of the Country around Prague shewing the junction and March of the Prussian Army to the field of Battle where they gained a complete victory over the Austrians, May 6.th 1757. Plan of the City of Prague with the Prussian Camps and Batteries 1757: published by Jefferys, 1757.
Subject(s)
Prague, Hlavní Mesto Praha, Czech Republic (50°05'16"N 14°25'14"E)
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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