Live auction - Lot 861
[Militaria]
Sentimens d'un homme de guerre sur le nouveau systême du chevalier de Folard, par rapport à la colonne & au mêlange des differentes armes d'une armée. Avec une dissertation sur l'ordre de bataille de César et de Pompée à la journée de Pharsale.
Printed at The Hague and sold in Paris, by Ch.-A. Jombert, 1739
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
4to; 6 pl. (foxing, quire K sl. browned).
Contemp. marbled calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (joints, head, tail rubbed and some other rubbing, head missing, joints part. split).
Third edition (1st 1732) of a critics by De Savornin, Swiss general at the service of Holland, of infantry columns developped and defended by the Chevalier Folard (1669-1752), professional soldier and military theorist. Illustrated with 6 fold. plates.
Ref. Barbier IV:468.
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