Military History / Military History 18th Century

ESPAGNAC, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Sahuguet d'Amarzit d'. Relation de la campagne en Brabant et en Flandres, de l'an M.DCC.XLVI.
The Hague, sold by Pieter van Os, 1761. 12mo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, 4 large folding leaves with the dispositions of the French troops, and 2 folding maps of battle fields, engraved by Kryt. Late 18th- or early 19th-century gold-tooled sprinkled calf. 161, [1] pp. Full description

[ESTAING, Charles Hector count d' (subject)]. Extrait du journal d'un officier de la marine de l'escadre de M. le comte d'Estaing.
[Paris?], 1782. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece portrait of Charles Henry Comte d'Estaing, a woodcut device on the title page, and a woodcut headpiece. Contemporary grey wrappers. 126 pp. Full description

FOSSÉ, Charles-Louis François. Idées d'un militaire pour la disposition des troupes confiées aux jeunes officiers dans la defense et l'attaque des petits postes. Dédié à M. Le Duc du Chatelet.
Paris, François Ambroise Didot l'ainé, 1783. 2 parts in 1 volume. Large 4to. With 11 colour-printed crayon-manner plates (10 folding) by Louis-Marie Bonnet, 1 similar armorial headpiece for the dedication to the army general and diplomat Louis Marie Florent, Duc du Châtelet (1727-1793), Didot's woodcut device on title-page ("FAD" in clouds with putti and garlands, "[Pierre Charles] Jombert inv. Milliere sculp. 1782"). Contemporary boards covered with blue paper, untrimmed and with some bolts unopened. [14], 116, 60, [24] pp. Full description

FOURCROY Charles-René de. Mémoires sur la fortification perpendiculaire.
Including: GRANIER DE STE-CÉCILE, Joseph-Modeste. [drop-title:] Mémoires sur la fortification perpendiculaire. Second mémoire ou Observations sur le livre intitulé, La fortification perpendiculaire.
Paris, Jean-Luc Nyon (colophon: printed by Jacques-Gabriel Clousier), 1786. Royal 4to (32 x 23.5 cm). With XVI numbered plates (all but 1 folding; with 22 numbered figures plus a 23rd unnumbered). Recased in 18th-century sheepskin parchment. [3], [1 blank], 290, [2] pp. Full description

[FUNCK, Jakob and Marc Guérard D'ILLENS]. Plans et journaux des sieges de la derniere guerre de Flandres.
Strasbourg and the Hague, Pierre Gosse junior, 1750. 4to. With 25 folding engraved maps with some hand-coloured details, and several, woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum. [8], 113, [1 blank] pp. Full description

[FUNCK, Jakob and Marc Guérard d'ILLENS]. Plans et journaux des sieges de la derniere guerre de Flandres.
Strasbourg, Melchior Pauschinger, 1750. 4to. With 25 folding engraved maps with some hand-coloured details, and several, often repeated, woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine. [8], 113, [1 blank] pp. Full description

[GEOGRAPHY]. Geografisch-toneel, of uitgezochte kaarten, tot gemak der officieren, reizzigers en liefhebbers; behelsende alle de generale kaarten van de waereld, met de bysondere, der plaatsen daar den oorlog in Europa gevoerd word, en de plans der forten … verrykt door de militaire bouwkunde, en door een korte manier om gemakkelyk de geographie te leeren en begrip van de waereldkloot te hebben.
Amsterdam, Heirs of J. Ratelband & Comp., 1735. Upright oblong 8vo (20 x 8.5 cm). With a woodcut ornament on the title-page, 1 folding plate and 40 folding numbered engraved maps (ca. 18 x 26.5-42 cm), many of them surrounded with coat-of-arms, city plans and views, all coloured by hand, of all parts of the world. The plate and maps are all folded 3 or even 4 times to the upright oblong format of the atlas. Contemporary calf. Hand-written list of plates on the first fly-leaf, listing only 38 of the 40 maps. 16 pp. Full description

GOULON, Charles. Memoires pour l'attaque et la défense d'une place... Nouvelle édition, corrigée & augmentée...
Including:
- VAUBAN, Sébastien le Prestre de. Journal du siege de la ville d'Ath.
- VAUBAN, Sébastien le Prestre de. Le directeur général des fortifications, ou mémoires de monsieur de Vauban, concernant les fonctions des différens officiers employés dans les fortifications.
- LOUIS, Grand Dauphin. Relation du siége de Philisbourg, en 1688.
- [ANONYMOUS FRENCHMAN]. Relation de la défense de Landaw, en 1704.
Amsterdam and Leipzig, Arkstee and Merkus; Paris, sold by Jombert, 1764. 8vo. With 9 folding engraved plates of cities and fortifications. Contemporary calf, richly gold-tooled spine with yellow morocco title-label, red edges, paste paper endpapers. XXIV, 344 pp. Full description

GRANT, Charles, vicomte de VAUX and John Pope HENNESSY. Letters from Mauritius in the eighteenth century by Grant, Baron de Vaux including an account of Labourdonnais' capture of Madras.
Mauritius, printed for private circulation, 1886. 8vo. With a large, folding engraved map (43x59 cm). Contemporary half gold- and blind-tooled red calf, decorated (pseudo-marbled) paper sides. With the author and title lettered in gold on the spine. [2], X, 192, VI pp. Full description

GUALDO PRIORATO, Galeazzo. Manejo, e Governo da Cavallaria.
Lisbon, Miguel Manescal, 1707. Small 8vo (14.5 x 9 x 1.5 cm). With a richly engraved frontispiece showing a cavalry battle before a castle, with one cavalryman on his rearing horse in the foreground, and the title in an elaborate cartouche incorporating military attributes. Gold-tooled red goatskin morocco (ca. 1892/99) by Marcellin II Lortic in Paris (signed "M LORTIC" in the tooled foot of the front turn-in), each board with the crowned arms of José Pinto Leite in a double oval and a triple-filet rectangular frame, richly gold-tooled spine and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, headbands, silk ribbon marker. [12], 198 pp. Full description