Author: Bosscha, J.
Title: Neêrlands heldendaden te land, van de vroegste tijden af tot in onze dagen, I-IV. [FOUR VOLUMES].
Description: Leeuwarden, Suringar, 1834-56. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes bound in four. Including appendices, corrections and Register. Royal octavo. Pp. xxiv, 496, 22; viii, 659, 20; 536; viii, 537-784, 30, (2), 46, 152. Engraved title-page to each volume. Plus 6 folding lithographed maps: 2 bound in Vol. II; 2 bound in Vol. III, all with colours added by hand to show troop positions; and 2 bound in Vol. IV. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in contemporary calf and marbled boards, cloth French corners, spines lettered and decorated in gilt; old institutional stamps to each title and old shelf ticket to each spine. Binding is mediocre though still shelf representable with spines mostly loose and reinforced with clear tape; inner hinges split. In a very good internal condition, very good maps. ~ FIRST EDITION of this famous work. The hand-coloured maps depict famous battlefields: "Slag bij Ramelies," "Slag bij Malplaquet," "Gevecht bij Quatre-Bras," "Slag bij Waterloo." The last two maps are monochromatic. One shows the "Tiendaagschen Veldtogt in 1831", and one is the fortification plan of the Citadel of Antwerp with armies' positions during the battle in 1832. 004-8 .

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