EOSANDER FREIHERR VON GÖTHE, Johann Friedrich Nilsson

""A Soldier Trained by Instruction and Experience"

"Who, in a historical narrative, thoroughly documents the military operations that took place in the past century... Along with a brief reflection on the soldier’s life by Mr. J. M. von Loen.”

Available from Philipp Heinrich Hutter. Frankfurt am Main. 31 x 21 cm.

Frontispiece, title page, (10), 250, 30, (4) pages with 7 partially colored copper engravings (the siege of Montabaun is missing), in a somewhat later half-leather binding. - A work published many years after the death of the author, who was known as an architect. A history of warfare from 1559 to 1622. The plates depict various cityscapes and battle scenes, such as those of Pilsen, Bautzen, and the Battle of White Mountain near Prague. According to the preface, only 200 copies were printed; a planned second volume was never published. Pages glued at the margins, closely trimmed; pp. 73/74 and 117/118 are missing. Signs of age and wear.

Johann Friedrich Nilsson Eosander, Baron Göthe since 1713, known as Eosander von Göthe (* ≈ August 23, 1669, in Stralsund; † May 22, 1728, in Dresden) was a German-Swedish Baroque architect and officer. His major works include the expansion of the Berlin Palace and Charlottenburg Palace, the construction of Monbijou Palace and Übigau Palace, and the design of the Amber Room.