Wittje, Gustav Die Bedeutung der Düppeler Höhen... Lot 587

Wittje, Gustav Die Bedeutung der Düppeler Höhen im Sundewitt mit Plänen und Zeichnungen. Bearbeitet von G. Wittje Hauptmann und Comp. Chef in der 3. Artillerie Brigade, Commandeur der daselbst gewesenen preuss. Artillerie. Manuskript in deutscher Sprac Wittje, Gustav The importance of the Düppeler Heights in the Sundewitt with plans and drawings. Edited by G. Wittje Captain and Comp. Chief in the 3rd Artillery Brigade, Commander of the former Prussian Artillery there. Artillery. Manuscript in German with 15 hand drawn and watercolored plans. Magdeburg, January 1850. 2 pp., 229 hs. num. S. 4°. Splendid red velvet binding of the time with gilt fillets, gilt corner pieces in rocaille style, gilt coat of arms of the Royal House of Hanover on front cover, three gilt edges, endpapers in glossy paper. gilt edges, endpapers of glossy paper (cover with scratches). Title page with the stamp of Ernst August of Hannover (1771-1851) on the back. - Remarkable and very well preserved manuscript with precise information about a historically important military engineering structure, lavishly bound in a richly gilt contemporary red velvet binding with royal provenance. It deals with an extensive but short-lived military engineering project during the Danish-Prussian War of 1848-1851, which broke out as a result of the opposing aims of Danish and German nationalists and led to the so-called First Schleswig War. Dybbøl Fortress is situated on a short blunt peninsula preventing access to the fortress by land, and had an enclosed landing stage for the ferry across the Alssund to Sønderborg on the island of Als. Our manuscript describes in great detail the geographical location, dimensions and structures of the redoubts, which were built by engineers of the Prussian army, who had to deal with transportation problems and problems caused by the surrounding sea, which led to many hydraulic engineering challenges. As early as February 1849, the massive redoubts were demolished by Prussian pioneers and blown up a few months later in September 1849, after the defeat of the Danish army. The manuscript is owned by the Royal House of Hanover and bears its gilded coat of arms on the front cover. In addition to this manuscript, which has never been published, two other manuscripts have been found, one of which is lost today (according to Stuhlmann, Die königl. Sächs. Brigade im Deutsch-Dänischen Feldzug 1849), the other manuscript is today in the holdings of the Hofbibliothek Sigmaringen (cat. no. 213). Manuscript in German with 15 hand-drawn and watercolored plans. Magdeburg, January 1850. Splendid red velvet binding of the time with gilt fillet, gilt corner pieces in rocaille style, gilt coat of arms of the Royal House of Hanover on front cover, triple gilt edges, endpapers in white glazed paper (backcover with scratch). - Title page with the stamp of Ernst August of Hanover (1771-1851) on verso. - Remarkable and very well preserved manuscript with precise information about a historically important military engineering structure, lavishly bound in a richly gilt contemporary red velvet binding with royal provenance. It deals with an extensive but short-lived military engineering project during the Danish-Prussian War of 1848-1851, which broke out as a result of the opposing aims of Danish and German nationalists and led to the so-called First Schleswig War. Dybbøl Fortress is situated on a short blunt peninsula preventing access to the fortress by land, and had an enclosed landing stage for the ferry across the Alssund to Sønderborg on the island of Als. Our manuscript describes in great detail the geographical location, dimensions and structures of the redoubts, which were built by engineers from the Prussian army who had to deal with transport problems and problems caused by the surrounding sea, resulting in many hydraulic engineering challenges. As early as February 1849, the massive redoubts were demolished by Prussian sappers and blown up a few months later in September 1849, after the defeat of the Danish army. The manuscript is addressed to the Royal House of Hanover and bears its gilded coat of arms on the front cover. Apart from the manuscript never published here, two other manuscripts could be located, one of which is lost today (according to Stuhlmann, Die königl. Sächs. Brigade im Deutsch-Dänischen Feldzug 1849), the other manuscript is now in the holdings of the Sigmaringen Court Library (cat. 213). *