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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: 1:8,352 approx. | RCIN 727041.k

    A map showing the French attack of 15 April 1734 on the city of Trarbach, 15 April 1734. The siege ended on 2 May in a French victory. War of Polish Succession (1733-1738). Oriented with north to top cardinal points). From Le Rouge, Theatre de la Guerre en Allemagne (1741). See main entry for RCIN 727041.

    Additional text: [bottom right, in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K-P.]

    Condition: no fold lines.

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

    • Watermark: Cropped: a bunch of grapes

      Condition: no fold lines

    • Scale: 1:8,352 approx. Scale bar: 120 Tois. [28 mm =].

      12.8 x 16.6 cm (neatline)

      13.3 x 16.8 cm (image)

      13.6 x 17.3 cm (platemark)

      19.1 x 24.3 cm (sheet)

    • Printed title:

      PLAN / DE TRAERBACH / et de Lattaque / du Chateau du 15 d'avril 1734 [top right, in rectangular panel]

      Printed title:

      12 [top right, above neatline]

      Additional text:

      [bottom right, in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K-P.]

      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)

      Traben-Trarbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49°57ʹ02ʺN 07°06ʹ56ʺE)

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