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Militaria.- Le Blond, (G.). Essai sur la castrametation, ou sur la mesure et le tracé des camps; contenant les premier principes pour l'arrangement des troupes; la formation de l'ordre de bataille & la distribution ou construction du camp: Avec un précis des différentes gardes qui en font la sûreté. Paris, Jombert, 1748. XXVIII, 202 pages, 3 leaves, 2 leaves (advertisements). With 1 multi-folded table and 9 folded copperplate engravings. Contemporary spotted leather binding with rich gilt spine (spine somewhat rubbed and with a small restored loss at the bottom). Jordan 2074; Jähns 2057. - Only edition. - With subtitle 'Suite de l'arithmetique et de la geométrie de l'officier.' - Guillaume le Blond (1704-1781) was a mathematics teacher 'des Pages de la grande Ecurie du Roi, & des Pages Madame la Dauphin'. - The plates show battle formations and camp plans, plate 9 with a Carte particulière du Camp de Coudun près Compiègne et de ses environs' from 1698. - Copy on heavy paper. - Tables and plates with edge damage. Title page with etched ownership inscription from 1767, subtitle page with a more recent stamp 'F. Blaize'. Bookplate Le Maréchal Suchet, Duc d'Albufera (1770-1826; Duke of Albufeira) on a mirror.
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