
Auction Closed
November 19, 05:30 PM GMT
Estimate
400 - 600 GBP
Lot Details
Description
GIFFART, PIERRE
L'art militaire françois, pour l'infanterie... avec un petit abrégé de l'exercice comme il se fait aujourd'huy. Paris: Pierre Giffart, 1696
2 parts in one volume, 8vo (165 x 104mm.), engraved additional title and 85 full-page illustrations, contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed, loss to head and foot of spine
A collection of portraits of soldiers in various poses with different weapons and flags.
PROVENANCE:
purchased from Pickering & Chatto, 9 December 1899, £4