Lot n° 717
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1400 - 1500
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TURPIN DE CRISSÉ (Lancelot). Commentaires sur les institutio - Lot 717
TURPIN DE CRISSÉ (Lancelot). Commentaires sur les institutions militaires de Végèce. Montargis, Lequatre, 1779.
3 vol. in-4, porphyry calf, ornate ribbed spines, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, gilt fillets on the edges, interior lace.
Illustrated with 20 folding plates, including a plan of the Pruth affair against the Russians.
First edition of this famous work, enlarged with pertinent commentaries often in line with the concerns of the time (changes to be introduced in clothing and modernization of armament, soldiers' food, administration of military hospitals).
Lancelot de Turpin de Crissé (1716-1795), in addition to a distinguished military career which he ended as lieutenant-general, was one of the most respected writers on tactics and strategy of his century. A very fine copy.
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