Journal du Siège de Bergopzoom en MDCCXLVII redigé par un lieutenant-colonel ingénieur volontaire de l'Armée des Assiegeans. Avec les plans de la Ville & des Forts. Nouvelle édition.

12mo: [12]-240 pp.; 5 pl. (some normal spotting and staining, blank upper part of title repaired, two last plans and flyleaf partly detached).

Contemp. calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (corners and spine restored).

Later edition by the lieutenant colonel fighting in the siege of Bergen op Zoom in 1747, J. von Eggers (1704-1773). The French conquered the strongest Dutch fortress after two bloody months. It was a key moment in the Austrian Succession War (1740-1748) between France and Empress Maria-Theresa of Austria and her allies. Ill. with 1 engr. fold. map, 4 engr. fold. plans, and 3 fold. battle orders. Map and plans with coloured water parts.
Ref. STCN. - BnF. - Cp. VD18 90810015 (1st ed.).
Prov. "Bibliothèque du dépôt de la guerre de Belgique" (bookpl.). - Stamp (on title).