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On the siege of Grave

GROSZ, Albrecht David Gabriel von.
Journal des principales opérations de la campagne de 1794 dans les sept Provinces-unies et pays de la Généralité : principalement de ce qui s'est passé pendant le blocus & le bombardement de la ville de Grave jusqu'à sa reddition, par le Major de Gros.

Engraved portrait medaillon pasted on verso first blank, large folding engraved map of the upperpart of the province Noord- Brabant and the region Land van Maas en Waal in the Netherlands (550 x 440 mm),  2 folding engraved plates  of which one with the casemate Blauwerkopf.

Engraved portrait medaillon pasted on verso first blank, large folding engraved map of the upperpart of the province Noord- Brabant and the region Land van Maas en Waal in the Netherlands (550 x 440 mm),  2 folding engraved plates  of which one with the casemate Blauwerkopf.

Engraved portrait medaillon pasted on verso first blank, large folding engraved map of the upperpart of the province Noord- Brabant and the region Land van Maas en Waal in the Netherlands (550 x 440 mm),  2 folding engraved plates  of which one with the casemate Blauwerkopf.

Engraved portrait medaillon pasted on verso first blank, large folding engraved map of the upperpart of the province Noord- Brabant and the region Land van Maas en Waal in the Netherlands (550 x 440 mm),  2 folding engraved plates  of which one with the casemate Blauwerkopf.



(No place), 1795. 8vo. Contemporary black painted vellum, red gilt title on spine. Engraved portrait medaillon pasted on verso first blank, large folding engraved map of the upperpart of the province Noord- Brabant and the region Land van Maas en Waal in the Netherlands (550 x 440 mm),  2 folding engraved plates  of which one with the casemate Blauwerkopf. 256 pp.

First edition of an account on the French miltary campaign of 1794 in the Low Countries, focussing on the events that occurred during the bombardment and the siege of the city  Grave written by the Swiss military officer Albrecht David Gabriel von Grosz. The fortified city Grave, along the river Maas, was defended by General Andreas de Bon, but after two months of French fire the city was in ruins and was captured.

Good copy, with bookplate of Robert Perreau pasted on inside frontcover.- (Two small tears in folding map).
Alfa Antiquarian Booksellers, cat. 80 ''Grave'', p. 51.

Related Subjects: 18th Century  History  Militaria  Napoleon  Netherlands  Noord-Brabant 

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