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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 Mühlberg, 1735 (Mühlberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) 49°0ʹ46ʺN 08°21ʹ33ʺE

published 1741

Etching with engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:61,700 approx. | RCIN 727041.i

A map of the French encampment near Mühlberg in Germany, 5 May 1735. The map clearly shows the palace garden with several tree-lined lanes radiating from the centre. War of Polish Succession (1733-1738). Oriented with north-north-west totop (cardinal points). From Le Rouge, Theatre de la Guerre en Allemagne (1741). See main entry for RCIN 727041.

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

Condition: no fold lines; slightly crumpled along bottom edge.
  • George Louis le Rouge (1707-93/4) (cartographer and publisher)

    Subject(s)

    Army-France
  • Watermark: Cropped: the letters M and A in a cartouche, separated by a shamrock

    Condition: no fold lines; slightly crumpled along bottom edge.

  • Scale: 1:61,700 approx. Scale bar: 1/4 de Li: [18 mm =] (scale)

    13.2 x 16.9 cm (neatline)

    14.0 x 17.4 cm (image)

    14.3 x 18.0 cm (platemark)

    19.2 x 24.5 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    CAMP / DE MÜHLBERG / du 5 May / 1735 [top left, in rectangular panel]

    Printed title:

    10 [top right, above neatline]

    Additional text:

    Ed [top left, above map border, 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)

    Mühlberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (49°0ʹ46ʺN 08°21ʹ33ʺE)