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BEAURAIN, Jean de (1696-1771) [engraved title:] Histoire militaire de Flandre depuis l'anne 1690, jusqu'en 1694... [letterpress title:] Histoire militaire du Duc de Luxembourg... Campagne de 1690(-1694). The Hague: Benjamin Gibert, 1756-1758. 5 vols., 4o (250 x 195 mm). Half-titles, titles printed in red and black, 151 folding engraved maps and battle plans, including the engraved general title, dedication, and general map (3 leaves in all), many handcolored in outline (vol. 4 with plate 29 bis, vol. 5 with plates 2 and 3 on one sheet and with plate 5 bis). (A few plates creased, some minor dust-soiling.) Contemporary calf gilt, spines in six compartments with red and olive morocco gilt-lettered labels (covers rubbed, extremities worn). Provenance: Bethune; Chateau de Louppy (bookplates). Published the same year as the Paris edition and most often found bound up as a folio with fewer folds to the maps. In very good condition internally. (5)