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[MILITARIA]
BRIQUET (Pierre de):
Military Code or Compilation of the Ordinances of the Kings of France Concerning Men-at-Arms.
Paris. Published by Pierre Gandouîn, 1728
3 volumes in-12°. Worn contemporary full binding in brown sheepskin. Damage with losses to the head and foot.
Ribbed spine, decorated with gilt metalwork and fleurons. The title and volume number labels are missing.
Volume I: fine frontispiece, title page, 22 folios (letter to the King, preface, table of titles and documents contained in the three volumes) and 548 pages.
Volume II: frontispiece, title page, 11 folios of tables and 535 pages.
Volume III: frontispiece, title page, 9 folios of tables, followed by the continuation of the pagination from the second volume: from page 528 to page 1156. The
chronological table of the ordinances of the Kings of France at the end of the volume runs from page 869 to 916, and the Table of Contents from page 917 to page 1156.
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