War of the Austrian Succession (1740-8)
Includes much of the mapping collected by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, as Captain General of the British army
Battle of Fontenoy, 1745 (Fontenoy, Walloon Region, Belgium) 50°34'03"N 03°28'24"E
published May 1745Letterpress text, pp. 281-295; signatures: A4, A4ij, A4iij, [blank], B4, B4ij, [blank], [blank] | 22.2 x 17.8 cm (sheet) | RCIN 729104.b
See RCIN 729104.a.
Condition: two fold lines; formerly folded to 11.0 x 9.0 cm. Verso: surface dirt and worn.
Bureau d'Adresse, Galleries du Louvre : Paris (publisher) [bottom of page 295:] A Paris du Bureau d'adresse, aux Galleries du Louvre, / devant la ruë S. Thomas, le [29] May 1745.
Subject(s)
Army-Allied army (War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48)Army-FranceWatermark: Four names, each in a rounded end rectangular cartouche: M [heart] DE MERCIER; B [heart] NORMANDIE; MOYEN; [the fourth is illegible: a date?]. Other sheets have an eagle.
Condition: two fold lines; formerly folded to 11.0 x 9.0 cm. Verso: surface dirt and worn
22.2 x 17.8 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
RELATION / DE LA BATAILLE / DE FONTENOY, / Et de la Victoire que l'armée du Roy, commandée / par Sa Majesté, a remportée sur l'armée / des Alliez.
Printed title:
No 24 [pages 281-295.] [top centre, above title]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Fontenoy 11 May 1745.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, red pencil:] 9/36; [right, black pencil, erased, cropped and illegible.] (Verso) [verso of p. 295, on outer fold panel, ink:] N.11 / in His Roy.l H.s the Duke / of Cumberlands of the 13.t / June N.S. 1745.
George III catalogue entry:
Fontenoy Plan de la Bataille de Fontenoy, remportée le 11 Mai 1745, par l'Armée Francoise commandée par le Roy, sur celle des Alliés sous le Duc de Cumberland: par De Beaurain: avec une Relation de la Bataille, 1745. 4.to
Subject(s)
Fontenoy, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°34'03"N 03°28'24"E)
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