Map of Prague and Eger [Egra], 1742 (Prague, Czech Republic) 50°05'16"N 14°25'14"E; (Cheb, Karlovarský Kraj, Czech Republic) 50°04'46" N 12°22'26"E

George Louis le Rouge (1707-93/4) (cartographer and publisher) [centre, below title:] APARIS chez le S.^r LE ROUGE Ing.^r Géographe du Roi rue des Augustins

Subject(s)

Watermark: A chaplet

Condition: one fold line; ghosting from the former presence of Cumberland's cipher label

Scale: 1:254,000 approx. Scale bar: Lieues [70 mm = 4].

30.5 x 49.0 cm (image and neatline)

32.0 x 50.4 cm (platemark)

36.8 x 54.0 cm (sheet)

Printed title:

Retraite de Monsieur le Marechal Duc de BELLEISLE / de PRAG a EGRA [centre]

Additional text:

[bottom, below map, a series of columns, marking the sections of the route according to the days' march and cantonments, with various statistics.]

Annotations:

George III heading: Retreat from Prague to Eger 16-27 Dec.^r 1742.

Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, ink:] 6 [above] 19 [rest cropped]. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 1742; [bottom left, black pencil, cropped?:] 10; [bottom centre, black pencil:] 37; [bottom centre, black pencil, scribbled out:] 28; [bottom right, black pencil:] 12; [centre right, red pencil:] 37; [centre, bottom right, red pencil:] 7/52.

George III catalogue entry:

Prague Carte de la Retraite du Marechal de Belleisle de Prag a Egra depuis le 16 jusqu'au 27 Nov.^re 1742: chez le Rouge.