[RAMSAY (Andrew Michael)]. - Lot 118

[RAMSAY (Andrew Michael)]. Histoire du vicomte de Turenne, Maréchal Général des Armées du Roy. Paris, Veuve Mazières & J. B. Garnier, 1735. 2 volumes in-4, blond calf, triple gilt fillet, central coat of arms, ornate spine, red title-pieces, interior roulette, red edges (period binding). First edition. Fine portrait of Turenne, engraved by Larmessin after Meissonier, large fleuron with Turenne's coat of arms on the titles, 7 large head vignettes and 4 culs-de-lampe by Bonnard engraved by Scotin, and 13 double-page battle plans. Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne (1611-1675), Marshal of France, in the service of Louis XIII and then Louis XIV, was one of France's greatest men of war. He was killed by a cannonball at the battle of Sasbach. Copy in blond calf with undetermined arms. Contemporary handwritten ex-dono on the title of Volume I, Bocquet de Chantrene, and contemporary mention Ex dono comitis d'Evreux. Yellowed quires in Volume I, staining to a few leaves, soiling to two leaves in Volume II (pp. LXXIV and LXXV of the Mémoires duc d'Yorck). Minor defects to covers, scuffing on one cover.