GUISCHARDT (Charles). Military Memoirs, on... - Lot 409 - Normandy Auction

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GUISCHARDT (Charles). Military Memoirs, on... - Lot 409 - Normandy Auction
GUISCHARDT (Charles). Military Memoirs, on the Greeks and the Romans; where most of the Orders of Battle & the great operations of the war have been faithfully restored to the text of Polybius and the Greek and Latin tacticians. A dissertation on the attack and defence of the Places of the Ancients has been joined to it... and the analysis of Julius Cesar's campaign in Africa. A La Haye, chez P., d'Hondt, 1758. 2 tomes en un vol. in-4, X-250 p., [3] f. ; [1] f., 275 p.., full calf fawn speckled period, spine with 5 nerves and ornamented, title coin calf havana, marbled edges (blunt corners, 2 worm bits on the bits, partial lacuna of cover on the lower plate; 2 last ff. brown) First edition of this work of historical strategy, dedicated to the prince of Orange and Nassau William V. It is illustrated with 21 folding plates engraved on copper, including 2 maps.
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