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Paris: Librairie Alphonse Picard Et Fils, 1911-25., 1911. 3 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., xviii, [1], 423, [1]; 587, [1]; vii, 585, [1]. with half-titles. 3 folding maps. contemporary quarter cloth. These admirable memoirs, dubbed the "soldier's Bible" by Henry IV, are among the most vivid and picturesque of the period. Montluc, who fought against the Imperialists commanded by the Emperor Charles V and assisted at the sieges of La Rochelle and Calais, was made a marshal of France by Henri III in 1573.. Hardcover.

Lisbon: Joaõ Antonio Da Silva, 1794., 1794. small 4to. pp. 3 p.l., 268, [5]. 22 folding engraved plates (7 of tables). engraved title vignette, headpiece, & initial. original wrs. (spine quite chipped, a few tiny wormholes in spine, lower cover & last few plates, & upper inner margins of several gatherings). Second Edition of this military handbook on mines. The author, an officer in the Portuguese army and instructor at the Royal Military Academy, discusses several previous writers on the subject, including Belidor..

Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1847-58., 1847. 13 Annual Reports bound in 3 Volumes. woodcut title vignettes. 4to. contemporary quarter roan (heads of spines chipped, neat gilt library stamp at foot of spines).. Hardcover.

London: Groombridge & Sons, 1860 [ie. 1859]., 1860. 8vo. pp. xi, [1], 411. with half-title. original blind-stamped cloth (spine ends & joints bit chipped & frayed). First Edition. Including sections on Sunday battles, women in battle, honey-stealing and pig-killing, perils at sea, martial prelates, military epitaphs, the recipients of the Victoria Cross (arranged according to regiment), &c.. F. Hardcover.

Amsterdam: Steven Swart, 1673-77., 1673. 7 Parts bound in 1 Volume [Title Varies]. 4to. pp. 56; 40; 80; 88; 1 p.l., 107; 1 p.l., 262; 118. large etched vignettes on titles of Parts I-IV, small woodcut vignette on titles of Parts V-VII. 25 etched & engraved plates (inc. 1 folding by Romeyn De Hooghe which has been inserted from another source; 5 portraits & 19 maps & plans - most double-illus.). woodcut initials. woodcut tailpiece in last part. small paste-over one-word linear cancel on title of Part III. Uncut & largely unopened in 18th century quarter roan (rubbed, some moderate to heavy foxing & browning throughout, occasional dampstaining). A news publication covering the Dutch Wars with England and France from December 1671 to January 1677. The work is listed under the title in NUC, which cites a copy of the first five parts bound in two volumes at the New York Public Library, and a copy of all seven parts with a general title Den Ontroerden Leeuw, ofte Historische., dated 1677, at the Bell… Leer más

London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1650., 1650. folio. pp. 4 p.l., 143, [1]blank, 83, [1]blank, 58, 24, [42]index, [2]ads. 12 (of 14?] engraved portraits (incl. frontis. portrait of Stapylton by William Marshall, severaerl by Robert Vaughan). woodcut title vignette. woodcut ornaments & initials. A nice crisp copy, bound in contemporary calf, gilt back (several patches missing from front cover & head of spine, neat repair to lower spine). First Edition of the English Translation by Sir Robert Stapylton [d. 1669] of the only important pro-Catholic history of the revolt of the Netherlands against Hispano-Catholic rule. Covering the period from 1555 to 1590, the work was written by Firmianus Strada, an Italian historian and Jesuit, and dedicated to Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma, and his son and successor, Ranuccio II, descendents of Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma and Governor-General of the Low Countries under Philip II of Spain. Wing S5777.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

London: John Murray, 1850., 1850. 12mo. pp. xiv, [1 leaf], 410. contemporary half calf (bit rubbed). First Edition. "An alarmist essay suggested by the elevation of Prince Louis Napoleon to the post of president of the French republic." (DCB). F.

London: John Murray, 1838., 1838. 8vo. pp. lxix, [1]errata, ii, 197, [1]. original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked (institutional stamp on title). First Collected Edition. Wellesley was appointed the Ambassador Extraordinary to the Supreme Junta of Spain in 1809. His mission involved the co-ordination of the operations of the British army in Spain with the allied war effort.. F. Hardcover.

London: Printed By George R.Eyre And William Spottiswoode.Published By W.Clowes And Sons, 1859., 1859. 12mo. pp. iii, 68. (1 leaf folding). 9 wood-engraved plates. original blind-stamped cloth (extremities frayed, scattered light foxing). Fourth Edition.. Hardcover.

Paris: Éditions J. Tallandier, [1929]. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xvi, 278, [1]. 16 plates (incl. frontis. portrait. biblio. An uncut copy in modern quarter calf, original front wr. & spine bound in (light foxing to outer leaves)

London: Printed for A.Price, 1749., 1749. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 79. with half-title. disbound (some foxing, institutional bookplate). Sixth Edition, Revised and Corrected. An attack on the principles and conduct of Henry Pelham and Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle (the two brothers), with regard to the War of the Austrian Succession. There are several references to the British capture of the French fortress of Louisbourg in 1745; Perceval is especially critical of its restitution to France under the Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle in 1748. European Americana 749/88. cfCasey I 141. cfSabin 23367. cfGoldsmiths' 8454..

[Paris:] 1757. First Edition. A handsome copy of the greatest of the French military manoeuvre books and one of the most sumptuously produced French military books issued during the period fo the Seven Years’ War. The etched plates represent the military exercise of the French infanttry as established by royal decree dated May 6, 1755. These manoeuvres are still performed today by the Compagnie Française de la Marine at Quebec. Sixteen pages of engraved explanatory text, extracted from the ordinance, accompany the plates; corresponding plate numbers are cited at the end of each section. The comte de Baudouin, who etched the plates from his own designs, was an officer in the French guards and an amateur engraver of considerable merit. Cohen-De Ricci 121. Colas 245. folio. engraved title by Baudouin after Bouchardon, engraved ‘avertissement’ leaf with cul-de-lampe after Saint Aubin, engraved table, 63 etched plates by Baudouin, of which the allegorical frontis. is after a design… Leer más

London: Printed and Sold by J.Towers, 1758. Second Enlarged Edition. Laying the blame for the failure of the expedition against the French Atlantic port of Rochefort in September 1757 during the Seven Yearsí War on commanding officer, Sir John Mordaunt. Mordaunt was court-martialed but acquitted despite intense public pressure in favour of a guilty verdict. 8vo. pp. 66, [2]. disbound

London: Printed For James Ridgway, 1819., 1819. 8vo. pp. xviii, 215, [1]ads. with half-title. later half chagrin, t.e.g. (scattered foxing). Second Edition. Partly written in response to an anonymous pamphlet entitled Facts Illustrative Of The Treatment Of Napoleon Bonaparte which had attempted to vindicate the actions of Governor Lowe in relation to allegations against him made by OMeara. OMeara had refused to pass information to Lowe regarding Napoleon, whom he attended as physician at St. Helena. Lowe insisted that OMeara be dismissed from his post, and this was effected when independent evidence of OMearas intrigues reached Lord Bathurst. When OMeara sent a letter to the Admiralty instinuating that Napoleons life was not safe in Lowes hands, his name was stricken from the list of naval surgeons..

London: Printed For J.MacGowan, 1781., 1781. 2 Volumes. thick 4to. unpaginated. text in double columns. with half-titles. 31 engraved maps & plans (3 folding) & 26 engraved plates (inc. 2 frontis.). contemporary calf (rubbed, joints cracked, some offsetting from plates, small hole in map of Atlantic with loss of 'o' in 'Azores'). Second Edition or Issue (first: 1780). The work contains numerous entries for North American battles of the Seven Years' War, American Revolutionary War, &c., including Annapolis Royal, Beauséjour, Brandy-Wine, Lake Champlain, Charlestown, Fort Frontenac, Louisbourg, Fort Necessity, Fort Niagara, Penobscot, Fort Pitt, Quebec, Saratoga, Ticonderoga, New York, &c. Appended are an essay on fortification, an explanation of naval terms, and a four-page list of subscribers. Among the subscribers listed are two from St. John's Newfoundland: Alexander Dunn and Nicholas Gill. cfSabin 24297 (listing editions for 1780 and 1801; no mention… Leer más

London: By Authority: Printed And Sold By W.Clowes And Sons, [c1838]., 1838. 8vo. pp. xvi, 336. 11-page W.Clowes And Sons Military Book Catalogue, dated 1838, bound in at end. 38 numbered illus. (some appearing on the recto & verso of the plate; 1 folding). 3pp. of music (Bugle Sounds). original bds. (covers detached. spine & label defective, light foxing towards end)..

Toronto: The Societies of Veterans of Ukrainian Insurgent Army in Canada and in U.S.A., 1959. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 159, [1]. Ukrainian text. text illus. cloth, front wr. bound in

[Berlin: Verlag der Deutschen Arbeitsfront GmbH], 1936. 12 Issues. 4to. pp. 2 p.l., 372. illus. cloth. Very good copy

Vienna: Verlag des Regiments, 1879. First Edition of this work on the Austrian army, 1676-1879, illustrated with chromolithographed plates showing military uniforms. 8vo. pp. 3 p.l., 726. frontis. 2 lithographed portraits (incl. frontis.) & 12 chromolithographed plates. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (extremities bit frayed)

London & New York: John Lane, 1921. First Edition, Limited to 250 numbered copies. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., vii, [5], 63, [3]ads. 11 plates incl. frontis. portrait (1 double-page). original cloth, top edge gilt (covers rubbed & slightly discoloured, extremities frayed). elala5615