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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 Gdańsk, 1734 (Gdańsk [Danzig], Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland) 54°21ʹ07ʺN 18°38ʹ46ʺE

    published 1741

    Etching with engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:130,750 approx. | RCIN 727041.as

    A map showing Gdańsk with the attacks made by the Russian-Saxon army. War of Polish Succession (1733-8). Oriented with east to top (cardinal points). From Le Rouge, Theatre de la Guerre en Allemagne (1741). See main entry for RCIN 727041.

    Additional text: [bottom left, in rectangular panel, a key A-G to the positions on the map].

    Condition: no fold lines.

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

      Subject(s)

      Army-Saxony
      Army-Russia

    • Watermark: Cropped: a bunch of grapes

      Condition: no fold lines.

    • Scale: 1:130,750 approx. Scale bar: ½ Lieues [17 mm =].

      13.3 x 16.8 cm (neatline)

      13.5 x 17.1 cm (image)

      14.2 x 18.1 cm (platemark)

      19.2 x 24.2 cm (sheet)

    • Printed title:

      PLAN / de / DANTZIG / avec les Attaques des Saxons et des Moscovites [top right, in rectangular panel]

      Printed title:

      46 [top right, above map border]

      Additional text:

      [bottom left, in rectangular panel, a key A-G to the positions on the map].

      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)

      Gdańsk [Danzig], Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland (54°21ʹ07ʺN 18°38ʹ46ʺE)

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