Edité par Printed for G. Strahan et al, London, 1726
Vendeur : Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Full Calf. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket, As Issued. First English Edition. SCARCE. Last copy sold at auction 1951. Five volumes in contemporary polished calf, gilt backs with decoration in four of the compartments, covers with gilt rules with acorn decorations at corners, bookplate of British clergyman Scrope Berdmore, dated 1790 front paste downs, bookplates at rear of Henry F; Compton, Conservative British MP known for having the shortest term (46 days) of an MP who did not die in office. A Very Good set, light wear at joints but bindings holding quite nicely, light wear at edges, toning at edges of end papers from binders glue. *** Heavy set. Extra shipping charges for priority and international mail. Please inquire before ordering. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Vendeur : John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Paris: Denis Mariette, et al., 1721. 2 vols., 4to., xxxviii, 626 pp.; xx, 770 pp., 70 plates including one engraved map of Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea (vol. 2). Contemporary rebacked full calf, red edges, internally bright with minor foxing; very good. § First edition of this extensive history of the French military, from the founding of the French Monarchy to the end of the reign of King Louis XIV. Plates depict arms and armor, fortified cities, battle maneuvers and strategies, military musical instruments, arrangement of an army's lodgings, battleships, etc. Daniel, a Jesuit theologian and librarian, achieved great fame for his "Histoire de France" (1713) and became historian to the King. Brunet, II, 487-"Ouvrage rempli de recherches curieuses.".