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LOSTELNAU, Sieur de. Le Mareschal de Bataille, contenant le maniment des armes, les evolutions, plusieurs bataillons ... divers ordres de bataille. Paris: Estienne Migon for Antoine de Sommaville, 1647.
2° (357 x 242mm). Title printed in red and black, 48 large engraved illustrations of men at arms, 135 diagrams of battle formations printed in red and black, 49 battle formations printed in yellow, red and black, 8 folding, woodcut headpieces and initials, with blanks N4 & Gg4. (Some leaves slightly browned or spotted.) Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments (lightly rubbed, head of spine worn, splits in hinges). Provenance: library of M. le Marquis d'Aix ala Serraz (inscription on title). FIRST EDITION. Lipperheide Qb43; Brunet III-1178-1179.
2° (357 x 242mm). Title printed in red and black, 48 large engraved illustrations of men at arms, 135 diagrams of battle formations printed in red and black, 49 battle formations printed in yellow, red and black, 8 folding, woodcut headpieces and initials, with blanks N4 & Gg4. (Some leaves slightly browned or spotted.) Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments (lightly rubbed, head of spine worn, splits in hinges). Provenance: library of M. le Marquis d'Aix ala Serraz (inscription on title). FIRST EDITION. Lipperheide Qb43; Brunet III-1178-1179.