Author: Seyffardt, A. L. W. (August Lodewijk Willem).
Title: De vesting Holland. Neêrlands verdedigingsstelsel voor Neêrlands volk geschetst.
Description: Utrecht, Broese, 1887. Soft cover. Royal octavo. Pp. 48. Plus folding colour lithograph map at end. Original printed wrappers, spine reinforced with paper, shelf ticket and old institutional stamps to cover and title. In a very good condition. ~ First edition. Authorized for authenticity by the Author and signed with his initials on verso of title-page. It was Captain Seyffardt who, in 1880, first called the recently completed Nieuwe Hollandsche Waterlinie by the name "Vesting Holland". The name was soon to be adopted by practically the entire military echelon. See also Benjamin Schoenmaker's doctoral thesis (Leiden, 2009): "Burgerzin en soldatengeest. De relatie tussen volk, leger en vloot 1832-1914". 004-11 .

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