FEUQUIÈRES, Antoine de Pas, marquis de - Lot 59

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FEUQUIÈRES, Antoine de Pas, marquis de - Lot 59
FEUQUIÈRES, Antoine de Pas, marquis de Memoirs of the war. S.l. [Paris], 1735. 3 volumes in-12 (165 x 100 mm) of [2] ff, xii, 461 pp., [1] f. ; [4] ff, 533 pp., [1] f., [4] ff, 482 pp., [1] f. fawn calf, triple gilt fillet framing the boards with gilt arms in the center, spine with ornate nerves, red edges (contemporary binding). SECOND EDITION of one of the main writings on the campaigns of Louis XIV. The author was lieutenant general of the King's armies and wrote this treatise of military tactics for the instruction of his son. Voltaire drew information from it to write his Siècle de Louis XIV. A superb copy, very well preserved, bound in contemporary blond calf with the large arms of Nicolas Prosper BAUYN D'ANGERVILLIERS (1675-1740), minister and secretary of state for war of Louis XV from 1728 to 1736. INTERESTING PROVENANCE FOR THE SUBJECT. A few minor and discreet restorations to the binding, stain on the title page of volume II, some spotting. Second French edition Minor marginal restoration on title page of volume I
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