War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14)
Sieges, marches, encampments and famous battles from 1701 to 1712 in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands
Battle of Ramillies, 1706
PLAN / DE la situation où la Bataille de Ramillies s’est donnée par l’Armée des Alliés, commandée / par Son Altesse le Duc de Marlborough, Prince du Saint Empire, etc. & Son Excellence / Mons.r d’Ouverkerke, contre...
1706 or laterEngraved and etched map and letterpress text printed on same sheet of paper | Scale: not stated. 1:22,000 approx. | RCIN 725067
The map extends approximately from Judoigne la Souveraine (Jodoigne-Souveraine 50°42'33"N 04°50'15"E) in the north-west to Orp le Petit (Orp-le-Petit 50°41'45"N 04°59'11"E) in the north-east, and from Taviers (50°37'02"N 04°55'50"E) in the south-west to Wasseiges (50°37'18"N 05°00'19"E) in the south-east.
Additional text: [below title, a key, A-I, K-S, to the various parts of the armies during the engagement.] [Below map, letterpress description of the battle:] RELATION / De la Bataille de Ramillies ...
Condition: one fold line; tears along left edge repaired on the verso with paper strips, the adhesive showing through on the recto. Verso and recto: a badly water-stained patch, and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label.
Fricx: Rue de la Magdaleine, Brussels (Eugène Henri Fricx (January 1644-18 December 1730)) (publisher) [bottom of title panel:] A BRUXELLES, Chez EUGENE HENRY FRICX. [bottom of letterpress description:] A BRUXELLES, Chez EUGENE HENRY FRICX. / Rüe de la Madelaine.
Watermark: Fleur-de-lys; countermark: IP
Condition: one fold line; tears along left edge repaired on the verso with paper strips, the adhesive showing through on the recto. Verso and recto: a badly water-stained patch, and shadow from the removal of Cumberland's cipher label
Scale: not stated. 1:22,000 approx.
31.9 x 45.5 cm (neatline)
44.8 x 46.1 cm (image)
32.6 x 46.1 cm (image of map alone)
34.0 x 46.7 cm (platemark)
56.0 x 48.1 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
PLAN / DE la situation où la Bataille de Ramillies s’est donnée par l’Armée des Alliés, commandée / par Son Altesse le Duc de Marlborough, Prince du Saint Empire, etc. & Son Excellence / Mons.r d’Ouverkerke, contre celle des deux Couronnes, commandée par Son Altesse Electo- / rale le Duc de Baviere, & le Mareschal de Villeroy, le 23. du mois de May 1706. [letterpress text pasted inside engraved rectangular border at bottom right of map]
Additional text:
[below title, a key, A-I, K-S, to the various parts of the armies during the engagement.] [Below map, letterpress description of the battle:] RELATION / De la Bataille de Ramillies ...
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Ramelies 23 May 1706.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, ink, in Schultz's hand?:] D.a. Netherlands; [top right, ink, erased:] [?C.]; [top right, black pencil, erased:] 19. [the figure ‘1’ may have been made into a ‘3’]; [right centre, red pencil:] 26; [top, right of centre, black pencil, illegible]; [bottom, left of centre, black pencil, cropped and illegible].
George III catalogue entry:
Ramelies Plan de la situation où la Bataille de Ramillies s'est donnée par l'Armée des Alliés contre celle des deux Couronnes, le 23 de May 1706: avec une Relation, chez Friex.
Subject(s)
Ramillies, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°38'02"N 04°54'04"E)
