Live auction - Lot 1376
Commentaires, avec des notes historiques, critiques et militaires, par M. le comte de Turpin de Crissé [...]. Nouvelle édition, à laquelle on a ajouté la carte de l'ancienne Gaule, par M. d'Anville.
Amsterdam, Leiden, Rotterdam and Utrecht, Libraires associés, 1787
Hammer price: €
120
€ 120 / 180
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Lot description
3 vol., 8vo: [4]-xxii-[2]-319, [4]-328, [4]-434 pp.; 40 pl. (without the map, light dampstaining throughout vol. I, ink stain to pp. 49-51 in vol. I, marg. stains in vol. II, marg. tear to p. 63 of vol. III).
Contemp. half sheep with sm. corners, marbled paper covers, gilt-orn. flat spines with red and green leather labels, red spr. edges (sl. rubbed, lower cover and edges of vol. I more rubbed, ink stain to front cover of vol. II and lower cover of vol. III, sm. damp stain to front cover of vol. II, sm. wormholes to lower joints of vol. I and III).
Translation with commentary of the writer and militarian Lancelot Turpin de Crissé (1716?-1795?). Illustrated with 40 fold. plates figuring battle plans.
Prov. Count A.E. of Hemricourt, 1814 (ms. entry). - Unidentified armorial bookpl.