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no. Sixteen-twenty-seven. Hugo, Herman.
The Siege |
Of Breda Written in Latin By
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Herman Hugo OfTheS. ofl.
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Translated
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By C. H. G.
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Folio.
Printed With Licence, m.dc.xxvii.
Into
The R. F.
English
Collation, Frontis., engraved portrait of Bernard de Foix de la Vallette,
Colonel General of France.—Title enclosed in emblematic engraving (unsigned).—Ded.,
^1-2.—Hugo's Pref. to the English version, ^2^.—Col.:
" Typis Judoci Dooms."—R.H. "
: The Siege of Breda."— 14 engraved and
woodcut maps and diags.—Sigs. in 4', >J( (2 fE), A-T.
Copies. B.M.} R.U.S.I.
Contents. This is the best of the histories of the siege of Breda under
Spinola ; and it attained immediate popularity. C. H. G., who was Colonel
of an English Regiment of Horse which had served on the Spanish side
during the siege, forming a just estimate of its value, translated it into
English, two years after its publication. The maps and diagrams will greatly
contribute to the understanding of the system of fortification of the period.
It may be remarked, that of the many great sieges of the century, this was,
perhaps, the most famous. " The eyes of the whole world were fixed upon
Breda," and princes served as common soldiers in the ranks of the besiegers,
with their own hands digging in the trenches, and aiding in the construction
of the works. [V. Orig. 817.]
The Jesuit, Hugo, was the author of the "De Militis Equestri " (733),
and of some religious works.
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III. Sixteen-twenty-seven. Hugo, Herman.
The Seige Of Breda By The Armes Of Phillip The
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Fovrt Vnder The Gouernment Of Isabella
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Atchiued
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By The Conduct Of Ambr. Spinola.
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Louanii ex qfficina
Hastenii m.dc.xxvii.
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Folio.
Collation. Engraved emblematic frontis.—Ded. to Spinola, subs. Gerrat
Barry, *i-2.—Col.: "Lovanii Ex Officin^ Henrici Hastenii, Vrbis &
Academiae Typographi, m.d.c.xxviii.", V4.—Maps and diagrams.—R.H.
« The Siege of Breda."—Sigs. in 4% *(2 fE), A- V.
Contents. Another translation of the " Obsidio Bredana " of Hugo. The
translator, an Irishman, who had served with many of his countrymen under
Spinola during the siege, does not seem to have known of C. H. G.'s version.
The title-page and illustrations of both are reproduced from those of the
original, Barry's version containing all save the frontispiece and the
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map of