Funck, J. and A. Dillens. Plans et Journeaux des sièges

de la dernière guerre de Flandres, rassemblés par deux capitaines étrangers au service de France. Strassbourg/ The Hague, P. Gosse Jr., 1750, (8),113 p., w. 1 fold. engr. map and 24 fold. engr. plates w. handcol. details, num. woodcut head- and tailpieces. Cont. calf, gilt and ribbed spine w. mor. letterpiece, 4to. Top margin cut from front free endp., some browning, final plate and free endpaper, sm. restored spot in outer blank margin. Endpapers w. some wormholes, top of spine dam., joints starting to split and covers rubbed/chafed.

Cat. Legermuseum 17b, p. L; Holzmann/Bohatta 9082; Not in Jähns: The 'Avertissement' indicates that this publication is not concerned with maps of cities under siege, nor with an account of their defense, but solely with maps and day to day accounts illustrating fullfledged military offensive deployment of forces. The cities under attack ill. in engrs. by Lattré, Weis, Striedbeck, Deuland, and Fonbonne, include Bergen op Zoom, Maastricht, Hulst, Namur, Charleroi etc. The lines of attack in contemp. handcolouring.