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War of the Polish Succession (1733-8)

The Rhine and Moselle rivers and parts of Italy

GEORGE LOUIS LE ROUGE (1707-93/4)

Map of Gimbsheim, 1734 (Gimbsheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) 49°46ʹ40ʺN 08°22ʹ30ʺE

published 1741

Etching with engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:82,300 approx. | RCIN 727041.w

A map showing the French encampment at Gimbsheim, between 4 and 5 August 1734. War of Polish Succession (1733-1738). Oriented with west-south-west to top (cardinal points).

From Le Rouge, Theatre de la Guerre en Allemagne (1741). See main entry for RCIN 727041.

Additional text: [top left, above neatline, two letters referring to the position of the camp on the general map at RCIN 727041.c:] I.c.

Condition: no fold lines
  • George Louis le Rouge (1707-93/4) (cartographer and publisher)

    Subject(s)

    Army-France
  • Watermark: Cropped: a bunch of grapes

    Condition: no fold lines

  • Scale: 1:82,300 approx. Scale bar: ½ Li [27 mm =].

    12.8 x 16.2 cm (neatline)

    13.3 x 16.4 cm (image)

    13.9 x 17.2 cm (platemark)

    19.1 x 24.2 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    CAMP / DE GUIMSHEIM / du 4 au 5 Aoust [top right, in rectangular panel]

    Printed title:

    24 [top right, above neatline]

    Additional text:

    I.c. [top left, above neatline, two letters referring to the position of the camp on the general map at RCIN 727041.c:] 

    Annotations:

    None

    George III catalogue entry:

    Germany Theatre de la Guerre en Allemagne contenant toutes les Operations Militaires des Campagnes de 1733, 3 et 5, les Plans des Sieges et des Camps: par le S.le Rouge. Paris, 1741. 4.to oblong.

  • Subject(s)

    Gimbsheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49°46ʹ40ʺN 08°22ʹ30ʺE)