[Militaria - Belgium] FUNCK, Jakob; von ILLENGEN, [= d'ILLENS] Plans und Journals von denen Belagerungen des Letzteren Kriegs in Flandern, zusammen getragen von zweien ausländischen Kapitainen in Französichen Diensten. Strassburg, Melchior Pauschinger, 4to: [8]-pp.; pl., part. hand-coloured (some text pp. sl. browned). Contemp. calf, covers with 2 supralibros "Ex Bibliotheca Carlowitziana" and "Ex Bibliotheca Bunaviana", gilt decorated spine with 5 bands (original supralibros on front cover scratched and replaced by the later one, spine damaged, tr. of use). 1st German edition, published the same year as the French, of a collection of siege plans and war journals related to the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748). With a dedication to Adolph Frederick, King of Sweden from onwards (Fr. ed.: dedicated to Count d'Argenson) and a published letter of Maurice of Saxe at the end. Incl. a general map with the theatre of war in the Austrian Netherlands and siege plans of Ypres, Tournai, Oudenaarde, Dendermonde, Ostend, Brussels, Antwerp, Mons, Charleroi, Sluis, Hulst, Maastricht, etc. Ref. BL - BnF (Fr. ed. with Frenchified author's name "d'Illens"). Prov. Heinrich of Bünau (1697-(supralibros back cover). - Carl Adolf von Carlowitz (1771-(supralibros front cover). - Ms. entries. - Coll. stamp.
[Militaria - Belgium] FUNCK, Jakob; von ILLENGEN, [= d'ILLENS] Plans und Journals von denen Belagerungen des Letzteren Kriegs in Flandern, zusammen getragen von zweien ausländischen Kapitainen in Französichen Diensten. Strassburg, Melchior Pauschinger, 4to: [8]-pp.; pl., part. hand-coloured (some text pp. sl. browned). Contemp. calf, covers with 2 supralibros "Ex Bibliotheca Carlowitziana" and "Ex Bibliotheca Bunaviana", gilt decorated spine with 5 bands (original supralibros on front cover scratched and replaced by the later one, spine damaged, tr. of use). 1st German edition, published the same year as the French, of a collection of siege plans and war journals related to the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748). With a dedication to Adolph Frederick, King of Sweden from onwards (Fr. ed.: dedicated to Count d'Argenson) and a published letter of Maurice of Saxe at the end. Incl. a general map with the theatre of war in the Austrian Netherlands and siege plans of Ypres, Tournai, Oudenaarde, Dendermonde, Ostend, Brussels, Antwerp, Mons, Charleroi, Sluis, Hulst, Maastricht, etc. Ref. BL - BnF (Fr. ed. with Frenchified author's name "d'Illens"). Prov. Heinrich of Bünau (1697-(supralibros back cover). - Carl Adolf von Carlowitz (1771-(supralibros front cover). - Ms. entries. - Coll. stamp.
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