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94 - [MILITARIA - INFANTRY]. LATTRÉ (Jean). EXERCISES AND MANEUVERS 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) frontispiece folios, decorated title page and preface, 4 pages of text on “Weapons Handling,” 53 plates, 4 pages of “Table of Maneuvers,” 14 fold-out plates. Upper cap leveled off. 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 a design by 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 color-engraved bookplate pasted on the first blank page, along with the autograph signature and inscription “Military Collection / Jean Brunon” – LE COINTE (Jean-Louis). THE SCIENCE OF MILITARY POSITIONS, or Treatise on Field Fortifications, for the use of individual Infantry Officers deployed to the front; in which the methods of defending and attacking them are explained. P., Desaint & Saillant, 1759. 12mo, marbled fawn calf, smooth, compartmentalized, and decorated spine, garnet morocco title label, marbled edges (contemporary binding). Leather trim at the tail of the spine with a small loss of gilding. FIRST EDITION. 10 fold-out plates, out of text—MILITARY INSTRUCTIONS, concerning Guard Duty in Garrisons and Camps, etc. For the use of noncommissioned officers of the King’s Regiment, infantry. Caen, Poisson, 1780. In-12 ½ grass-green sheepskin with corner pieces, smooth spine, red morocco title label (19th-century binding); (1) title page, 97 pp. FIRST EDITION. From the RAOUL and JEAN BRUNON LIBRARY, with their beautiful color-engraved ex-libris pasted on 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, compartmentalized, and decorated spine, gilt title, edges dyed yellow (contemporary binding). A slight tear at one joint. SECOND EDITION. 4 PLATES out of text, including 3 double-page plates and one fold-out. SET OF 4 VOLUMES.
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[MILITARIA - INFANTRY]. LATTRÉ (Jean). EXERCISES AND MANEUVERS 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) frontispiece folios, decorated title page and preface, 4 pages of text on “Weapons Handling,” 53 plates, 4 pages of “Table of Maneuvers,” 14 fold-out plates. Upper cap leveled off. 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 a design by 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 color-engraved bookplate pasted on the first blank page, along with the autograph signature and inscription “Military Collection / Jean Brunon” – LE COINTE (Jean-Louis). THE SCIENCE OF MILITARY POSITIONS, or Treatise on Field Fortifications, for the use of individual Infantry Officers deployed to the front; in which the methods of defending and attacking them are explained. P., Desaint & Saillant, 1759. 12mo, marbled fawn calf, smooth, compartmentalized, and decorated spine, garnet morocco title label, marbled edges (contemporary binding). Leather trim at the tail of the spine with a small loss of gilding. FIRST EDITION. 10 fold-out plates, out of text—MILITARY INSTRUCTIONS, concerning Guard Duty in Garrisons and Camps, etc. For the use of noncommissioned officers of the King’s Regiment, infantry. Caen, Poisson, 1780. In-12 ½ grass-green sheepskin with corner pieces, smooth spine, red morocco title label (19th-century binding); (1) title page, 97 pp. FIRST EDITION. From the RAOUL and JEAN BRUNON LIBRARY, with their beautiful color-engraved ex-libris pasted on 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, compartmentalized, and decorated spine, gilt title, edges dyed yellow (contemporary binding). A slight tear at one joint. SECOND EDITION. 4 PLATES out of text, including 3 double-page plates and one fold-out. SET OF 4 VOLUMES.
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