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BOGAERS, Adrianus. De togt van Heemskerk naar Gibraltar. 3e druk. Haarlem, H.D. Tjeenk Willink, 1882.Contemporary half red cloth. 96 pp. First edition was published in 1837. - Poem on the battle of Gibraltar (1607) in which a Spanish fleet of 21 vesels was entirely destroyed. Admiral Jacob van Heemskerk (1567-1607) was commanding the Dutch fleet.Cat. NHSM II, p.1043. [Boeknr.: 32858 ]

€ 35,00

GIBRALTAR. - PLACAAT. De Staaten Generaal der Vereenigde Nederlanden .. doen te weeten .. dat niemand van de ingezeetenen deeser lande hem verstoute/ om aan de stad (Gibraltar) eenige hulpe met oorlog- of mondbehoeftens toe te brengen .. 's Gravenhage, Isaac Scheltus, 1779.Broadside with woodcut coat of arms of the States General, lion with sword and 7 arrows, in an elaborately decorated cartouche with military attributes and woodcut initial. Official embargo to cooperate with Gibraltar.Not in Knuttel. [Boeknr.: 35386 ]

€ 125,00

KELLER, Gerard. Wouden, kusten en rotsen. Rotterdam, Jacs.G. Robbers, (ca. 1880).Folio. Original pictorial blue cloth gilt. With 8 steelengravings (some foxing) and numerous woodengravings. (8),216 pp. Europa in al zijn heerlijkheid geschetst. - Fine illustrated book on North-Italy, France, Norway, Spain, Italy, Germany, Sweden and Gibraltar. - A nice copy. [Boeknr.: 32910 ]

€ 75,00

WALSH, Thomas. Journal of the late campaign in Egypt: including descriptions of that country, and of Gibraltar, Minorca, Malta, Marmorice, and Macri; with an appendix; containing official papers and documents. London, T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1803.4to. Later mottled calf, spine gilt with red morocco title label to spine (bound by the Studio Bindery, Surrey). With 50 engraved plates, maps, and plans on 42 sheets (including 6 finely hand-coloured aquatint plates and 7 hand-coloured folding maps and plans including an overlay). VIII,(20),261; (6),145 pp. Second edition, first published in 1801. - Account of the 1800-1801 British campaign against Napoleon's remaining troops in Egypt. Thomas Walsh served as Captain in his Majesty's Ninety-Third Regiment of Foot, Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Sir Eyre Coote. His journal 'is distinguished by a wide interest in topography, antiquities, and social conditions, as well as purely military topics' (Prideaux 223). The fine engravings are by Samuel John Neele, after Thomas Walsh and the mapsare printed by A. Arrowsmith and Cadell & Davies. - A fine copy.Abbey, Travel, 266; Blackmer Collection 1767; Atabey Collection 1317; Gay 2278; Hilmy II, p.318. [Boeknr.: 1745 ]