CHODERLOS DE LACLOS, PIERRE A. F. Lettre messieurs de l'Acadmie franoise, sur l'loge de M. le Marchal de Vauban... Amsterdam, 1786. 8vo, four sewn gatherings, unbound and uncut, minor repair in bottom margin of last leaf. Artillery officer and author of Les Liaisons dangereuses, here Laclos argues that he is not at fault for the tremendous cost of fortifications that have so indebted the treasury. Blaming his superiors, he subsequently resigned and entered service with the Duc d'Orleans.