GUIGNARD de
£1,400
Auction: 1 February 2005 at 11:00 GMT
Description
L'ecole de Mars, ou memoires instructifs sur toutes les parties qui composent le Corps Militaire en France, avec leurs origines, & les differentes maneuvres [sic] ausquelles elles sont employées ... 1st edition, 2 volumes, engraved frontis. to vol. 1 and 31 other engraved plates (including 2 fldg.), contemporary red morocco, triple gilt fillet, with the gilt arms in the centre of each cover, spine decorated gilt in compartments, a.e.g., a few scuff marks, one or two pages a little discoloured, 4to., Paris: Simart, 1725 [2]
Note: We have been unable to trace an exact match of these arms in Olivier. They may be those of Marie Anne de Bourbon who married Louis Armand Premier de Bourbon, Prince de Conti (Olivier 2642) or Louise Fraçoise de Bourbon who married Louis III, Prince de Conde (Olivier 2628)