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Contemporary account of William II's failed attack on Amsterdam

[AMSTERDAM - PAMPHLET]. Amsterdams journael. Vervatende kortelijk van dag tot dag, alles wat gepasseert is van den 30 Julij, tot den 4 Augusti des Jaers 1650. Met een korte beschrijvinge vande stigting, op-komst en heerlijkheyd der voorseyde stadt Amsterdam. Als oock de af-beeldinge der selve stadt, met zijn om-leggende dorpen, wegen en wateringen, heel curieus in cooper gesneden.
[Amsterdam?], 1650. 4to. With a folding plate containing a map of Amsterdam and surroundings and a waterfront view of the city. 18th-century half brown paper, marbled sides. 28, [4] pp. Full description
€ 1,250
Amsterdam Battle Plans & Siegecraft Broadsides, Ephemera & Pamphlets City Plans, Topography & Views Military History (17th Century)
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First and only edition of Bor's description of the city of 's-Hertogenbosch,
including a detailed account of its siege and capture in 1629

BOR, Pieter Christiaenszoon. Gelegentheyt van 's Hertogen-Bosch vierde hooft-stadt van Brabandt. Haer oorspronck, fundatie ende vergrootinge, verscheyden hare belegeringen. Ende eyntlijcke overwinninge verrassinghe ende inneminghe van Wesel ende meer andere geschiedenissen des iaers 1629.
The Hague, Aert Meuris, 1630. 4to. With an engraved title-page, which is part of the collation (page (a)2 recto) and a few decorated initials. Contemporary vellum. [1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], [27], [1 blank], 412, [3], [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 850
Battle Plans & Siegecraft History / 17th Century Military History (17th Century) Netherlands
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Hand coloured battle plan for the 1816 attack on Algiers

[BRITISH NAVY - BATTLE PLAN - ALGIERS]. Plan of the Bay and City of Algiers.
[London?, 1816]. 35 x 44. With an illustration of the plan of attack and a view of the fortifications on the Mole at Algiers. Full description
€ 1,750
Battle Plans & Siegecraft Broadsides, Ephemera & Pamphlets City Plans, Topography & Views Fortification & Military Architecture Military History (19th Century) Naval History Netherlands North Africa Slavery UK - United Kingdom
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Napoleon Bonaparte's ambitions in the East

Jean CHANLAIRE, Pierre Gregoire and Edme MENTELLE. Carte du théâtre de la Guerre en Orient.
Paris, Chanlaire & Mentelle, 1798-1799. Original outline colour. Dissected and laid on linen in two sections, 880 x 940 mm & 660 x 940 mm. Full description
€ 28,000
Battle Plans & Siegecraft Charts & Maps East Africa Egypt Germany Iran / Persia Malta Military History (18th Century) North Africa Turkey & Ottoman Empire UAE - United Arab Emirates
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Autograph manuscript giving a captivating eyewitness account of the 1832 siege of Antwerp

[DEFOURNY, Pierre Josephus?]. Korte schets van het voor gevallene gedurende het bombardement van het citadel van Antwerpen.
Saint Omer, 24 April 1833. 4to (19.5 x 16.5 cm). Manuscript in Dutch, written in ink on laid paper with no watermark. 10 pp. Full description
€ 1,750
Antwerp Autographs & Letters Battle Plans & Siegecraft Belgium Military History (19th Century)
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Important account of the Great Siege of Gibraltar, with 10 engraved maps and views

DRINKWATER BETHUNE, John. A history of the late Siege of Gibraltar. With a description and account of that garrison, from the earliest periods. ... Third edition.
London, T. Spilsbury, 1786. 4to. With an engraved device on title-page, 4 folding engraved maps and 6 folding engraved views. Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine. XXIV, 356 pp. Full description
€ 1,250
Battle Plans & Siegecraft Military History (18th Century) Naval History Spain UK - United Kingdom
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Sieges of various cities in Flanders, with 25 folding engraved plates

[FUNCK, Jakob and Marc Guérard d'ILLENS]. Plans et journaux des sieges de la derniere guerre de Flandres.
Strasbourg, Melchior Pauschinger, 1750. 4to. With 25 folding engraved maps with some hand-coloured details, and several, often repeated, woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine. [8], 113, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,500
Belgium Fortification & Military Architecture Military History (18th Century)
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The siege and capture of the Genneperhuis in 1641, with a detailed military plan

[GENNEPERHUIS]. Kort en bondich verhael wat sich heeft toegedraghen van dach tot dach voor het Huys te Gennep, zedert dat het door sijn Hoogheyt den Prince van Orangien is belegert geweest ...
Including: [GENNEPERHUIS]. Cort verhael wat gepasseert is aen des konincks van Hispanjens zijde 't sedert het belegh van het Casteel van Gennep.
[Amsterdam], sold by Broer Jansz. and Jan van Hilten, 1641. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With a woodcut vignette on the title page and a large folding engraved map of the surroundings of the Genneperhuis Castle near Gennep (ca. 23.5 x 32.5 cm). Contemporary grey wrappers with the annotation "Frijntie Mars" on the front. [12] pp. Full description
€ 1,950
Brabant & Limburg Broadsides, Ephemera & Pamphlets History / 17th Century Military History (17th Century)
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Everything you could possibly want to know about the Grenadier guards

HAMILTON, Frederick William. The origin and history of the first or Grenadier guards. From documents in the state paper office, war office, horse guards, contemporary history, regimental records, etc.
London, John Murray, 1874. 3 volumes. 8vo. With 17 portraits (3 serving as frontispieces), 60 maps and plans (3 folding), 7 chromolithographed plates and 1 view in total. Original publisher's red cloth. Each volume with a ticket of "Metchim & son...". XXXIV, [6], 458; XXXIV, 548; XVIII, 496 pp. Full description
€ 1,500
Colour Printing / Chromolithography Military History (19th Century) UK - United Kingdom
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The great siege of ’s-Hertogenbosch in 1629, documented in maps and plans

HEINSIUS, Daniël. Rerum ad Sylvam-Ducis atque alibi in Belgio aut a Belgis anno MDCXXIX gestarum historia.
Leiden, Abraham and Bonaventura Elzevier, 1631. Folio. With an engraved allegorical title page, 2 engraved folding plans of s-Hertogenbosch, 3 double-page engraved plates, 5 full-page engraved maps and plans, several decorated woodcut initials and woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum. [12], "141" [=143], [24], [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 1,500
Belgium Brabant & Limburg Fortification & Military Architecture Gelderland & Overijssel Military History (17th Century)
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