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an old book with a crown on top of it next to an old book with a crown on top of itseveral old books sitting on top of each other on a white surfacean open book with a picture of a military emblem on ita book open on a white table with a picture of an animalan open book that is sitting on a tablean open book with a picture of a castle on itan old newspaper on a table with a piece of paper on itan open book on a table with a picture on itan open book with a picture of a plane on itan open book on a white table with a picture on ita book open on a table with a white backgrounda book open on a white table with a white backgroundan old book open on a white surface
Maître Philippe AMIGUES - Hotel des Ventes du Tarn

79 - 79- ‘Abridged General Map of the French Armed Forces, on Lan…
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Estimate €200 - €300
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Description
79- ‘Abridged General Map of the French Armed Forces, on Land and at Sea’ 5 volumes, in-8: 2 copies from November 1737 to December 1738 (published in 1739), one from 1739 (published in 1740) and two copies from 1740 (published in 1741). The title page is missing from one copy from 1737–38 and the calendar of peace from the other. Coat-of-arms and decorative illustrations in the text. Full contemporary sheepskin binding (some scuffing). Spined spine decorated with lilies (two of them featuring a lily beneath a crown). Slight losses and snags. The 1737–38 copies bear the monogram of KING LOUIS XV stamped on the covers (a fleur-de-lis between two ‘L’s’ beneath a closed crown). Ex-libris bearing the coat of arms of Gabriel DE LACGER (a family from the Tarn). The set is in fair condition.
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About the sale Antique and modern books – comic books
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Auction time 10/22/2026 at 10:30 AM
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