Author: VAN DER HORST Tileman, BELLEISLE Le Marechal Duc de, MANT Thomas
Title: Essai Sur la Fortification [&] Lettres de M. Le Marechal Duc de Belle-Isle a M. Le Maréchal de Contades [&] a Treatise on the Use of Defensive Arms Translated from the French of M. Joly de Maizroi
Description: The Hague: chez Pierre Gosse Junior, 1755 [&] 1759 [&] London: J. Walter, 1770. 3 vols bound as 1. 8vo (8¼ x 5 ins). Contemporary quarter calf on marbled paper-laid boards, gilt ruled raised ribbed spine with contrasting gilt lettered label, red sprinkled edges (small nick at headcap and light wear at corners and edges of boards). Pp. [iv] + iv + [iv] + 186 + [iv] + 83 [1] blank + viii + 63 + [3] blank, vol I illus with engraved title, 8 folding plates and engraved head and tail-pieces (some maps with small tears; prelims of vol II toned; previous owners' inscription in contemporary hand and bookplates on front paste-down). [French and English text]. .

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