Rare-Antique Map-CAIRO-EGYPT-SIEGE-PLAN-Muller-Gross-1808

‘TAF. VIIA. PLAN DER STADT CAIRO (..).’

Original antique military map showing the city of Cairo in Egypt in 1801 under siege by the British and Turks.

Made by F. M. Muller after Freiherr August Daniel von Gross.

Engraving / etching on hand-laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 24.4 x 21.4 cm (9.61 x 8.43 inch). Image size: 19.5 x 16.6 cm. (7.68 x 6.54 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Vertical fold as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

CAIRO-EGYPT-SIEGE-PLAN

PCO-A18-45

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: ‘Historisch-Militarischer Atlas zu des Freyherrn A.G. von Gross …’. , published in Amsterdam and Schleuen, Kunst- und Industrie-Comptoir in c.1808. This Atlas with 18 maps covers battles in various parts of Europe from 1792-1808 and served as a military handbook.