Carte générale de la monarchie françoise, contenant l’histoire militaire, depuis Clovis premier roy chrêtien, jusqu’à la quinzième année accomplie du règne de Louis XV. Avec l’explication de plusieurs matières intéressantes, tant pour les gens de guerre que pour les curieux de tous états [...].

Oblong folio: [1]-12-7-[1] pl. (title margin cut to the border, the "Suplément" immediately after the 1st pl., pl. 6 and 7, 8 and 9 mounted together, upper part moulded throughout).

Contemp. mottled sheep by or related to the First Stadholder Bindery (active in The Hague in the years 1724-1793), boards with large gilt ornament with in its center a man holding a terrestrial globe, spine with 7 raised bands (used with spine partly missing).

2nd revised ed. (1st.: 1730) of this guide to the history of the French army and its regiments, a meticulous compilation with military information from all possible sources "intended for the warrior and the curious of all states". Illustrated with 21 pl. engr. by Cochin, Ravenet and Rigault to be joined in 1 large wall map, incl. an impressive title, sm. views of Paris and Versailles, various portraits and 110 sm. siege plans.
Ref. Bibliothèque Mazarine, 2° 8072. - de Buttet, H. - "Lemau de La Jaisse", in "Mémoires", vol. 25 (Laon, Société historique de Haute-Picardie, 1980), pp. 58-61. - J. Storm van Leeuwen - Dutch Decorated Bookbinding in the Eighteenth Century III:660.