Manesson-Mallet, Les travaux de mars, ou l'art de la guerre, 1685-1684, 3 vol., contemporary calf

MANESSON-MALLET, ALAIN

Les travaux de mars, ou l'art de la guerre. Paris: Denys Thierry, 1685-1684

3 volumes, 8vo (206 x 138mm.), engraved additional titles, 2 portraits and 413 full-page illustrations, contemporary calf, spines gilt, tear in F8 (vol.2) without loss, bindings somewhat worn

In this work, which is copiously illustrated, volumes 1 and 2 describe fortifications. Volume 3 describes troops and their deployment, artillery, sieges, and concludes with Turkish troops and fortifications.

PROVENANCE:

Sir Francis Head, 1709, bookplate on verso of printed titles; William Lill, signature on titles; Thomas Francis Fremantle, bookplates, purchased from Pickering & Chatto, 28 October 1901, £5-5s