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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)

    Etching with engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:19,500 approx. | RCIN 727041.p

    A map showing the French attack on the city of Philippsburg in June and July 1734. War of Polish Succession (1733-1738). Oriented with west to top (cardinal points).

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

    Condition: no fold lines.

    • George Louis le Rouge (1707-93/4) (cartographer and publisher)

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

      Condition: no fold lines

    • Scale: 1:19,500 approx. Scale bar: 200. Toi[ses] [20 mm =].

      12.7 x 16.8 cm (neatline)

      13.1 x 16.8 cm (image)

      13.6 x 17.3 cm (platemark)

      19.1 x 24.2 cm (sheet)

    • Printed title:

      PLAN / DES ATTAQUES / DE PHILISBOURG / depuis l'Ouverture de la / tranchée jusq'au glacis [top right, in rectangular panel]

      Printed title:

      17 [top right, above neatline]

      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.r le Rouge. Paris, 1741. 4.to oblong.

    • Subject(s)

      Philippsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (49°13ʹ54ʺN 08°27ʹ38ʺE)

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