34 - GAYA (Louis de). Treatise on Weapons, War Machines, Fireworks, Banners, and Ancient and Modern Military Instruments; Including How They Are Currently Used in Both French and Foreign Armies. Paris, Sébastien Cramoisy, 1678. One small 12mo volume, 19th-century half-shagreen with corner pieces, decorated ribbed spine, all edges gilt. Spine faded. (4) ff., 172 pp.

GAYA (Louis de). Treatise on Weapons, War Machines, Fireworks, Banners, and Ancient and Modern Military Instruments; Including How They Are Currently Used in Both French and Foreign Armies. Paris, Sébastien Cramoisy, 1678. One small 12mo volume, 19th-century half-shagreen with corner pieces, decorated ribbed spine, all edges gilt. Spine faded. (4) ff., 172 pp. A rare first edition of this treatise on arms, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece title page and 18 separate plates (out of 19). Louis de Gaya was a captain in the Champagne Regiment under Louis XIV. From the library of Mr. Von Der Mulhen, with an engraved heraldic ex libris vignette.