Lot #: 46972
Carte de l'Europe dediée a Son Altesse royale Monseigneur Charles Louis archiduc d'Autriche, prince royal de Hongrie et de Bohéme, chevalier de la Toison d'Or, Grand-Croix de l'ordre... |
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Probably the largest published map of Europe during the regime of Napoleon.
In upper left corner a large title cartouche with coats of arms and a dedication to Archduke Charles of Austria, dated 1803.
Under neath the title cartouche extensive tables and information.
According to WorldCat earlier edition of 1799 and 1800 exist. Only 4 examples are listed.
This is the 1803 edition and to the lower right hand a past-on with an historical explanation from 1772 until 1803 (Year XI) : TABLAEU GENERAL. Des changements survébus en Europe depuis 1772 jusqu'en 1803 (an XI). Published by Jean Baptiste de Bouge (1757-1833) has been added.
Jean Baptiste de Bouge (1757-1833) was a Parisian surveyor, engraver, geographer and publisher , who also worked in The Hague and Vienna.
Charles ( 5 September 1771 – 30 April 1847 was an Austrian field-marshal, the third son of emperor Leopold II and his wife Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain.
Charles achieved respect both as a commander and as a reformer of the Austrian army. He was considered one of Napoleon's most formidable opponents.
He began his career fighting the revolutionary armies of France. Early in the wars of the First Coalition, he saw victory at Neerwinden in 1793, before tasting defeat at Wattignies 1793 and Fleurus 1794. In 1796, as chief of all Austrian forces on the Rhine, Charles out-generaled Jean-Baptiste Jourdan at Amberg and Würzburg. He forced Jean Victor Marie Moreau to withdraw across the Rhine, and followed these victories with others at Zürich, Ostrach, Stockach, and Messkirch in 1799. He reformed Austria's armies to adopt the nation at arms principle, in 1809, he went into the War of the Fifth Coalition with confidence and inflicted Napoleon's first major setback at Aspern-Essling, before suffering a defeat at the bloody Battle of Wagram.
Following Wagram, Charles saw no more significant action in the Napoleonic Wars.
The map measures more than 2 meters and is kept in its original box. Mint condition.
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In upper left corner a large title cartouche with coats of arms and a dedication to Archduke Charles of Austria, dated 1803.
Under neath the title cartouche extensive tables and information.
According to WorldCat earlier edition of 1799 and 1800 exist. Only 4 examples are listed.
This is the 1803 edition and to the lower right hand a past-on with an historical explanation from 1772 until 1803 (Year XI) : TABLAEU GENERAL. Des changements survébus en Europe depuis 1772 jusqu'en 1803 (an XI). Published by Jean Baptiste de Bouge (1757-1833) has been added.
Jean Baptiste de Bouge (1757-1833) was a Parisian surveyor, engraver, geographer and publisher , who also worked in The Hague and Vienna.
Charles ( 5 September 1771 – 30 April 1847 was an Austrian field-marshal, the third son of emperor Leopold II and his wife Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain.
Charles achieved respect both as a commander and as a reformer of the Austrian army. He was considered one of Napoleon's most formidable opponents.
He began his career fighting the revolutionary armies of France. Early in the wars of the First Coalition, he saw victory at Neerwinden in 1793, before tasting defeat at Wattignies 1793 and Fleurus 1794. In 1796, as chief of all Austrian forces on the Rhine, Charles out-generaled Jean-Baptiste Jourdan at Amberg and Würzburg. He forced Jean Victor Marie Moreau to withdraw across the Rhine, and followed these victories with others at Zürich, Ostrach, Stockach, and Messkirch in 1799. He reformed Austria's armies to adopt the nation at arms principle, in 1809, he went into the War of the Fifth Coalition with confidence and inflicted Napoleon's first major setback at Aspern-Essling, before suffering a defeat at the bloody Battle of Wagram.
Following Wagram, Charles saw no more significant action in the Napoleonic Wars.
The map measures more than 2 meters and is kept in its original box. Mint condition.
More about folding maps. [+]
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