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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 Appenheim, 1735 (Appenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) 49°55ʹ48ʺN 08°02ʹ00ʺE

    published 1741

    Etching with engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:65,400 approx. | RCIN 727041.ay

    A map showing the French encampment at Eppenheim, on 13 September 1735. War of Polish Succession (1733-8). 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: [top left, above map border, two letters referring to the position of the camp on the general map at RCIN 727041.c:] G.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: 1:65,400 approx. Scale bar: ¼ de Lieue [17 mm =].

      12.8 x 16.5 cm (neatline)

      13.4 x 16.8 cm (image)

      14.1 x 17.8 cm (platemark)

      19.2 x 24.2 cm (sheet)

    • Printed title:

      CAMP / D'EPPENHEIM / du 13 Septembre / 1735 [bottom right, in rectangular panel]

      Printed title:

      55 [top right, above map border]

      Additional text:

      G.c. [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.r le Rouge. Paris, 1741. 4.to oblong.

    • Subject(s)

      Appenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49°55ʹ48ʺN 08°02ʹ00ʺE)

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