Crophius,P.J.
Augsburg Pressed with the Burden of War and Relieved by Miracle Help, Or True and Unbiased Account of What Happened before, in, and after the Siege and Bombardment.... ...Augsburg, Lotter 1710. cl.4°. With gest. front. and 4 copper plates. 4 fol., 120 p., 210 p. documents. Cart. d. (traces of use). ADB IV, 609. first edition. - The author was city librarian and rector of the Gymnasium zu St. Anna in Augsburg since 1704. "When in 1705 the city was besieged and bombarded by the French, C. earned much merit for his fellow citizens by his courageous devotion and laborious securing of the valuable library, to his hand one owes a detailed description of the hard fates of the city" (ADB). 3 of the engravings show 8 small views of parts and buildings of Augsburg each, the 4th some medals. - Water-margined.
