LE ROUGE (Georges Louis). Theatre de la guerre en Allemagne - Lot 65

LE ROUGE (Georges Louis). Theatre de la guerre en Allemagne containing all the military operations of the campaigns of 1733. 34. and 35. plans of sieges and camps. Recueil tres utile aux aides de camp ou l'on trouve des tables pour les campements et des avis sur ce que doit savoir un officier qui se propose d'être utile à son général dédié à son Altesse serenissime Monseigneur le Comte de Clermont. Paris, l'auteur, 1741. In-4 oblong, marbled calf, ornate ribbed spine, gilt fillet on edges. Entirely engraved. It consists of a general title leaf in a handsome engraved cartouche, a dedication leaf to the Comte de Clermont with the general table on the verso, a folded general map, 2 maps for the 1733 campaign, an intermediate title and 39 maps including 1 on a double page for the 1734 campaign, an intermediate title and 15 maps for the 1735 campaign, as well as 13 text leaves. The beautiful plates illustrate Kehl, Mannheim, Schuldbach, Mühlberg, Karlsruhe, Bernkastel, Traben - Trarbach, Bruchsal, Kirrlach, Kronau, Philippsburg, Spire, Heilbronn, Walsheim, Lambsheim, Worms, Oppenheim - Dienheim, Osthofen - Westhofen, Griesheim, Mutterstadt, Speyer, Rheinzabern, Stollhofen - Rheinmünster, Kuppenheim, Rastatt, Willstätt, Appenweier, Offenburg, Renchen, Haslach, Danzig, Haslach, Stadeck, Gau - Algesheim, Eppenheim, Oggersheim, Kaiserslautern, Schönenberg - Kübelberg, St. Wendel, Trier and other towns. Wendel, Trier and others along the Rhine, as well as a description of military movements in the War of the Polish Succession in the years 1733/1734 and 1735. A very fine copy. Minor old restoration at head of one spine.