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The Seven Years War (1756-63)

Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war

    FRIEDRICH WILHELM VON BAUER (1731-83)

    Tabulation of cantonments in Münster, 1758 (Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 51°57'44"N 07°37'32"E

    1766

    Engraving; printed on paper | 41.9 x 26.4 cm (neatline) | RCIN 732001.k

    A tabulation of the cantonments in the Bishopric of Munster from the beginning of April to 29 May 1758. Seven Years War (1756-63).

    The troops of the Prussian and Hanoverian armies are arranged in four groups: L'Avant Guarde; Collonne à Droite; Collonne à Gauche; Corps detachés Sous les Ordres de S.A. le Duc d'Holstn Gottorp. The columns are headed, from left to right: Colon; Division; Batailln; Esquadn; Noms des Regiments; Premier Quarties de Contonnements; Elargissement des Quartiers de Cantonnements.

    Condition: no fold lines; crisp image from what is probably an early pull from the copperplates; guarded into volume.

    • Friedrich Wilhelm von Bauer (1731-83) (compiler and draughtsman) [bottom right, inside neatline:] F.W. de Bawr.

      Jakob van der Schley (1715-79) (engraver)

      Pierre Gosse Jr (1718-94) (publisher)

      Daniel Pinet (active 1762-86) (publisher) [bottom centre, outside neatline:] Gravé Sous la Direction de J.V. Schley, et Publié à La Haye aux Depens de PIERRE GOSSE junior & DANIEL PINET, 1766.

      Subject(s)

      Army-Hanover
      Army-Prussia

    • Watermark: None

      Condition: no fold lines; crisp image from what is probably an early pull from the copperplates; guarded into volume

    • 41.9 x 26.4 cm (neatline)

      42.8 x 26.4 cm (image)

      43.2 x 27.5 cm (platemark)

      64.7 x 47.5 cm (sheet)

    • Printed title:

      TABLE / Des Quartiers des Cantonnements dans l’Évêché de Munster depuis le Comançement d’Avril jusqu’au 29 de Mai 1758. [top, inside neatline]

      Printed title:

      Tom. I. Pl. I. [top right, outside neatline]

      Annotations:

      (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 11.

      George III catalogue entry:

      Germany Theatre de la Guerre en Allemagne entre la Grande Britagne et la France depuis l’an 1757 jusqu’a l’an 1762: dessiné par le Colonel F.W. de Bawr: chez Gosse et Pinet, 1769. 7 feuilles; avec 18 Plans des Sieges et Batailles donnés depuis 1757 jusqu’a 1762. Fol.

    • Subject(s)

      Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°57'44"N 07°37'32"E)

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