To His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K. G. &c. This Map of the Physical Divisions of Germany Exhibiting the Post Roads, Canals, &c. Constructed from Original Materials..

by Aaron Arrowsmith

$1,200 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

First issue of Arrowsmith's highly detailed depiction of Germany made during the Napoleonic Wars The Duke of Cambridge, to whom Arrowsmith dedicated this map, was the 7th son of George III, Adolphus. He had been a student at the university at Göttingen, studied military tactics in Prussia and served as an officer in the Hanoverian Army. Hanover had suffered greatly from invasions from both Prussia and France during the wars, so it was altogether fitting that this superb

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