[Royal Military School]. Recueil d'édits, déclarations, arrêts du Conseil, règlemens et ordonnances du Roi, concernant l'Hôtel de l'École Royale Militaire. Paris, Le Mercier, 1762. In-12 burgundy morocco, spine ribbed and decorated, triple gilt fillet with gilt flowers, fillet on the edges, roulette on the covers, gilt edges (period binding). Ex-libris of the library of Baron de Pelleport. A few small rubs otherwise a fine copy in contemporary morocco.

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