The Seven Years War (1756-63)
Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war
Tabulation of cantonments in Münster, 1758 (Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 51°57'44"N 07°37'32"E
1766Engraving; printed on paper | 41.9 x 26.4 cm (neatline) | RCIN 732001.k
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.
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Army-HanoverArmy-PrussiaWatermark: 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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