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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 Osthoffen and Bermersheim, 1734 (Osthofen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) 49°42ʹ13ʺN 08°19ʹ27ʺE; (Bermersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) 49°40ʹ55ʺN 08°13ʹ25ʺE

    published 1741

    Etching with engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:79,300 approx. | RCIN 727041.y

    A map showing the French encampment at Osthofen on 13-14 August and at Bermersheim on 29 August 1734. War of Polish Succession (1733-1738). Oriented with north-north-west to top (cardinal points). From Le Rouge, Theatre de la Guerre en Allemagne (1741). See main entry for RCIN 727041.

    Additional text: [top left, outside neatline, two letters referring to the position of the camp on the general map at RCIN 727041.c:] Hd; [top:] On occupa ce meme Camp le 9 juin 1735 le quartier general étoit a Westhoffen.

    Condition: no fold lines

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

      Subject(s)

      Army-France

    • Watermark: A bunch of grapes

      Condition: no fold lines

    • Scale: 1:79,300 approx. Scale bar: ½ Lieue [28 mm =].

      12.6 x 16.6 cm (neatline)

      13.1 x 17.1 cm (image)

      13.6 x 17.5 cm (platemark)

      19.2 x 24.2 cm (sheet)

    • Printed title:

      CAMP / DE OSTHOFFEN / du 13 au 14 Aoust 1734 / et de / Bermershem / du 29 Aoust 1736 [top right, in rectangular panel]

      Printed title:

      26 [top right, above neatline]

      Additional text:

      Hd [top left, outside neatline, two letters referring to the position of the camp on the general map at RCIN 727041.c:];  On occupa ce meme Camp le 9 juin 1735 le quartier general étoit a Westhoffen. [top:]

      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)

      Osthofen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49°42ʹ13ʺN 08°19ʹ27ʺE)

      Bermersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49°40ʹ55ʺN& 08°13ʹ25ʺE)

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