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How to understand the "human heart" of soldiers

[GRASSE, Francois Joseph Paul DE, Count].
Memorie van den Graave de Grasse betreffende de actien in de West-Indiën voorgevallen.

With 8 folding engraved plates a.o. navigation maps.

With 8 folding engraved plates a.o. navigation maps.

With 8 folding engraved plates a.o. navigation maps.

With 8 folding engraved plates a.o. navigation maps.

With 8 folding engraved plates a.o. navigation maps.



(No place, no publisher, ca. 1790). 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, gilt and ribbed spine red gilt title label, marbled edges. With 8 folding engraved plates a.o. navigation maps. 55 pp.

With:
2. (KINSBERGEN, Jan Hendrik VAN). Korte schets over de noodzaaklykheid van de kennisse van het menslyk hart voor een chef. Amsterdam, Gerard Hulst van Keulen, 1791. 27 pp.

3. IDEM. Korte verklaringe van verscheidens actën, tuschen de Engelsche en Fransche vlooten geduurende den laatsten oorlog. In de West-Indien voorgevallen. Korte gronden over het formeeren van een plan van campagne. Amsterdam, Gerard Hulst van Keulen, 1741. (8), 25, (1), 5 pp. 2 parts. With 21 folding engraved plates a.o. navigation maps of the French and English fleet near Grenada, Basseterre, Martinique, Guadeloup, St. Christoffel and Santo Domingo.

Three first editions of works on naval tactics and accounts on the actions of the fleet of the English and French in the West Indies written (2 & 3) or translated (1) by Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen (1735-1819), the famous Dutch admiral.
Ad 1: An account on Rodney's victory in the West Indies in 1782, written by Count F.J.P. De Grasse, the commander of the defeated French fleet (who was imprisoned by Rodney), with extensive descriptions on naval tactics. Kinsbergen translated it from French into Dutch. With on pp. 37-55 ''Memorie van den Heere de Bougainville'', a testimony of Bougainville to the military court on the events of 12th April 1782.
Ad 2: Account on the necessity of a naval officer to understand the ''human heart''  of his soldiers.
Ad 3: Account on th naval battles and tactics of the French and English fleet in the West Indies.

Good copies.- (Restored hole in first title, some tears and stains in maps).
Ad 1: Cat N.H.S.M. p. 925; Sabin 28333 (French ed.). Ad 2: Cat. N.H.S.M. p. 926. Ad 3: Idem.

Related Subjects: Maritime History  Navigation  West Indies 

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