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P. N. Van Kampen. 1943 2nd edition. Hardback. Very good. Light shelf wear. No dust wrapper.. In Dutch. There are 10 illustrations and a folding map. 17th century Admirals. From the Patria Series of Dutch cultrural History. Volume 12
ADMIRAAL DE RUYTER DE ZEESLAG OP SCHOONEVELD JUNI 1673. by (De Ruyter, Michiel Adriaansz). Warnsinck, J. C. M - 1930.
by (De Ruyter, Michiel Adriaansz). Warnsinck, J. C. M
ADMIRAAL DE RUYTER DE ZEESLAG OP SCHOONEVELD JUNI 1673.
by (De Ruyter, Michiel Adriaansz). Warnsinck, J. C. M
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- Hardcover
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Gravenhage, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff, 1930., 1930.. Very good. - Quarto [12-3/4 inches high by 10 inches wide], pictorial dark blue cloth titled in gilt within decorative frames in gilt on the front cover & spine with an image of a sailing ship stamped in gilt on the front cover & a coat of arms in gilt on the rear cover, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket has a small tear at 1 corner. xii & 178 pages. Profuse illustrations, including 4 maps, 2 of them folding, & 20 plates, including a portrait frontispiece. Fine in a near fine dust wrapper. <p>First edition. The text is in Dutch.<p>Dutch admiral Michiel Adriaansz de Ruyter [1607-1676] distinguished himself under Tromp in the First Dutch-English War [1652-53]. He defeated the English fleet under Monck in the Four Days' Battle off Dunkirk [1666] during the Second Dutch-English War. During the Third Dutch-English War he commanded and won against the combined English and French fleets off Sol Republic [1672] and Ostend and Kijkduin [1671], preventing a sea invasion of the Dutch Republic. He fought against the French and Sicilians and in 1676 was mortally wounded in battle off the coast of Sicily.
- Bookseller Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Book Condition Used - Very good
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Gravenhage, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff, 1930.
- Date Published 1930.
- Keywords NAVAL & MARITIME; DUTCH NAVY; NAVAL WARFARE; DUTCH-ENGLISH WARS; ADMIRAL; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; 17TH CENTURY; MICHIEL ADRIAAANSZ DE RUYTER; J. C. M. WARNSINCK ADMIRAL DE RUYTER DE ZEESLAG OP SCHOONEVELD JUNI 1673; PLATES; FOLDING MAPS; FIRST EDITION; 1