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Description
[GIFFART].
French Military Art, for the Infantry. Containing the drills and the handling of weapons, for both officers and soldiers, illustrated by engravings drawn from life. With a brief summary of drill as practised today.
Paris, Pierre Giffart, 1696.
Small 8vo, (10) leaves including frontispiece, 178 pp. (excluding pp. 13–14 (fig. 7) and 153–154 (fig. 77)). Contemporary fawn sheepskin, ribbed spine, title label, decorated panels (binding rubbed, split joints, worn caps and corners, a few loose quires, tear with no loss to fig. 37, some water stains and marginal foxing).
Rare first edition.
A historical manual providing a detailed account of the drill and the handling of weapons by officers and soldiers of Louis XIV’s infantry.
Illustrated with 83 figures of soldiers in uniform, engraved in black on copper within the text, each bearing a caption engraved on the plate and accompanied by detailed explanatory notes opposite.
With an engraved frontispiece and a large engraved headband.
Work dedicated to Marshal the Duke of Boufflers.
Generally attributed to Giffart (notably by Barbier); the BnF cites Colombon (or Collombon, a master-at-arms and officer from Lyon) as the author.
UNIFORMS. COSTUMES.
Colas, 1251.
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