ESPAGNAC, BARON D', - Histoire de Maurice, Comte de Saxe, Duc de Courlande et de Sémigalle, maréchal-général des camps & armées de sa Majesté très-chrétienne. (3 vol. set).

Paris, Phillipe-Denys Pierres, 1775. Nouvelle édition corrigée et considérablement augmentée, dédiée au Roi. 3 vols. (2 text vols., atlas). 4to. (IV)+ XVI+526;(IV)+524+(4) pp. Complete with engr. portrait frontispiece by Petit after Rigaud, engr. headpieces; atlas with 45 double-page/folding engraved maps/plans, printed on thick paper. Hardcover. Contemp. uniform richly gilt half calf with red & green title shields on spines, paper over boards covers; red paper edges. (Covers a bit rubbed, corners sl. dam., joints of text vols. partially split but holding well, spine ends of text vols. sl.dam., small parts of top of spine of 1st vol. missing; lower corners of last three plans (Maastricht) dampstained, all other maps and contents of text vols. are fine). VG. ¶ Incl. maps & battle plans in Germany, Austria, Malplaquet (1709), Prague (1742), Stralsund, against Charles XII of Sweden (1715), Belgrade, against the Turcs (1717); Flanders (1744-1748, incl. Courtray, Fontenoy, Brussels, Malines, Hulst, Bergen op Zoom, Maastricht). - Provenance: undated inscription on title of 1st vol.: "à ma chère fille Hélène (abno) Souvenir de Famille (signed:) Cte d'Espagnac".