Puysegur, Art de la guerre, Paris, 1748, contemporary calf

PUYSEGUR, JACQUES FRANÇOIS DE CHASTENET DE

Art de la guerre, par principes et par règles. Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1748

2 parts, folio (426 x 286mm.), engraved vignette on title-page, second part with engraved title-page, engraved head- and tailpieces by Cochin, 41 engraved plates (plate 27 misnumbered 28), mostly double-page and including a folding engraved map of the environs of Paris, replacement letterpress text pasted to foot of p.119 in second part, contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments, lacking portrait of the author, extremities slightly rubbed

LITERATURE:

Cohen-De Ricci 830

PROVENANCE:

Demigieu 1748, inscription on rear flyleaf