FEUQUIERES (Antoine de Pas de). Memoirs of M. le Marquis de - Lot 243

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FEUQUIERES (Antoine de Pas de). Memoirs of M. le Marquis de - Lot 243
FEUQUIERES (Antoine de Pas de). Memoirs of M. le Marquis de Feuquières, Lieutenant General of the King's armies; containing his maxims on war, & the application of examples to the maxims. New edition, revised, & corrected on the original; increased by several considerable additions; a whole of a life of the author given by M. le Comte de Feuquière his brother, & enriched with plans & maps. Amsterdam, L'Honoré & Chatelain, 1741. In-4, speckled basane, ornate nimbus back. The illustration includes 1 vignette and 12 maps & off-text plans, some leaflets. The plan of the Battle of Nerwinde is announced twice by mistake in the Notice to the bookbinder. These Memoirs, which Gilbert de Moyvre is said to have written from the papers of the Marquis de Feuquières, are one of the first major works on military tactics. A fine copy despite a small defect in the lower cap.
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