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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 Trier and Klausen, 1735 (Trier [Treves], Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) 49°45ʹ20ʺN 06°38ʹ21ʺE; (Klausen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) 49°54ʹ00ʺN 06°53ʹ00ʺE

    published 1741

    Etching with engraving; printed on paper | Scale: 1:222,300 approx. | RCIN 727041.bf

    A map showing the march route of the French army from Treves (Trier) to Klausen on 20 October 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.

    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: 1:222,300 approx. Scale bar: une Lieue Commune de France [20 mm =].

      13.2 x 16.8 cm (neatline)

      13.8 x 17.0 cm (image)

      14.4 x 17.9 cm (platemark)

      19.2 x 24.2 cm (sheet)

    • Printed title:

      CARTE / de la Marche / DE TREVES / á Clausen / du 20 d'Octobre / 1735. [top left of view]

      Printed title:

      62 [top right, above map border]

      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)

      Trier [Treves], Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49°45ʹ20ʺN 06°38ʹ21ʺE)

      Klausen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (49°54ʹ00ʺN 06°53ʹ00ʺE)

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