The Battle of Aspern or Essling, Two Antique Battle Maps from Alison's History of Europe Atlas 1789 -1815

These two maps show The Battle of Aspern or Essling on 21st & 22nd May 1809. Depicted are the positions of the French and Austrians; their cavalry, infantry and artillery; coloured blue and yellow, according to nationality. The hand colouring is original , that is to say it dates to the publication of the atlas in 1875. Sheet two has an inset map of the environs of Vienna , explanatory of the battles of Aspern and Wagram. Each sheet measures 11 X 8.75 inches, the actual map from its borders measures approx. 6 X 8 inches. The maps are by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edin. and the scale is about 1. inch to the mile.The maps are in very good condition, there is some surface tearing along the extreme left of both sheets where they were removed from the binding, this is well away from the actual map and would easily disappear when mounted. Otherwise the sheets are mostly quite clean with perhaps the just the odd spot here or there.