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94 - [MILITARIA – INFANTRY]. LATTRÉ (Jean).
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[MILITARIA – INFANTRY]. LATTRÉ (Jean). EXERCISES AND MANOEUVRES OF THE FRENCH INFANTRY. Paris, Lattré, 1765. Small 8vo, marbled fawn calfskin, spine with five raised bands, garnet morocco title label, gold-threaded edges and caps, edges speckled blue (contemporary binding); (3) folios of frontispiece, decorated title page and preface, 4 pages of text on ‘Handling of Arms’, 53 plates, 4 pages of ‘Table of Manoeuvres’, 14 fold-out plates. Upper cap flattened. FIRST EDITION of this VERY RARE work on military commands and exercises, dedicated to Marshal de BIRON (1562–1602), famous for his courage and his betrayal of Henry IV. Entirely engraved, the volume contains a beautiful FRONTISPICE engraved by Aug. Saint-Aubin after Pierre, 53 PLATES of postures for commands and 14 FOLD-OUT PLATES of tactical exercises. From the RAOUL and JEAN BRUNON LIBRARY, featuring their beautiful colour-engraved bookplate pasted onto the first blank page, and the autograph signature and inscription ‘Military Collection / Jean Brunon’ – LE COINTE (Jean-Louis). THE SCIENCE OF MILITARY POSTS, or Treatise on Field Fortifications, for the use of individual Infantry Officers seconded to the War; in which the methods of defending and attacking them are set out. P., Desaint & Saillant, 1759. In-12, fawn marbled calfskin, smooth, compartmentalised and decorated spine, title label in garnet morocco, marbled edges (contemporary binding). Leather cover at the tail of the spine with a small loss of gilding. FIRST EDITION. 10 fold-out plates, out of text – MILITARY INSTRUCTIONS, concerning the Service of the Guards in Fortifications and in Camps, etc. For the use of non-commissioned officers of the King’s Regiment, infantry. Caen, Poisson, 1780. 12½vo. grass-green sheepskin with corner pieces, smooth spine, red morocco title label (19th-century binding); (1) title leaf, 97 pp. FIRST EDITION. From the RAOUL and JEAN BRUNON LIBRARY, with their fine colour-engraved ex-libris pasted onto the first blank leaf, and the autograph signature and inscription ‘Military Collection / Jean Brunon’ -MÉMORIAL DE L'OFFICIER D'INFANTERIE. P., Magimel, 1813. Two volumes, in-8 ½, in fawn sheepskin, smooth, compartmentalised and decorated spine, gilt title, edges stained yellow (contemporary binding). Slight tear at one jaw. SECOND EDITION. 4 PLATES (out of text), including 3 double-page plates and one fold-out. SET OF 4 VOLUMES.
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