- 3212
Masson, Alexandre Frédéric Jacques (1741-1777), Marquis de Pezay.
Estimate
700 - 900 GBP
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Description
- Cartes géographiques, topographiques, plans, des marches, campemens, villes, sièges, batailles, et de toutes les opérations militaires exécutées en Italie, pendant les campagnes de 1745 & de 1746 par les armées combinées de France et d’Espagne. Paris: de l’Imprimerie Royale, 1775
folio (560 x 400mm.), iii, [1]pp., illustration: engraved title, 77 engraved maps and plans (see footnote), 3 double-page, binding: contemporary mottled calf, triple gilt fillet borders on covers, spine gilt, general map creased, binding rubbed and slightly worn
Literature
Shirley, British Library G.Mass-1a, b, and c
Catalogue Note
The maps present do not tally with the list of contents: five are absent, but there are two not called for. This seems in keeping with the general makeup of copies: Shirley lists three copies, all of which have differing numbers of maps.