Baroque manual on the art of warfare

La Fontaine, ... de. Die Kriegs-Lehr oder der vollkommene General über ein Krieges-Heer. / La doctrine militaire, ou le parfait general d'armée.

Frankfurt, Johann Georg Drullman for Wilhelm Serlin, 1672.

12mo. (24), 817, (1) pp. With 8 engraved folding plates and numerous woodcut illustrations in text. Contemporary vellum with ms. title to spine. All edges coloured.

€ 950.00

First edition of this Baroque manual on the art of warfare. Text in German and French on opposite pages throughout. Rare; no copy in auction records.

Etched bookplate on verso of title, vellum slightly soiled. From the collection of Thomas Fremantle, 3rd Baron Cottesloe (1862-1956), commander of the Territorial Army and president of the Society for Army History Research (purchased from Sotheran's, December 1936).

VD 17, 12:649436K. OCLC 249045651. Not in Jähns.

Stock Code: BN#51134 Tag:

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