Paris, de l'Imprimerie de Franc. Amb. Didot l'Ainé. Chez Alexandre Jombert, jeune, 1783. 4to. Nice contemp. red hmorocco with 5 raised bands and richly gilt compartments. Corners restored. Light scratching to boards.Stamps on htitle. A small stamp on titlepage.. (14), 116, 60 pp. + 11 leaves of plate-description, on which the plates are mounted at top, 2 pp. of approbation and privilege. On thick, good paper. A very nice, crisp and complete copy w. clear colours. Apart from the stamps on the htitle, a fine, large and clean copy. The dedication-leaf (A monsieur Le Duc du Chatelet) with his large engraved coat of arms handcoloured.
First edition of the main work of the French military engineer Fossé (1734 - 1812). This military work, divided into two sections, one dealing with military strategies concerning defending and attacking, the other dealing with military plans and how to construct maps, is especially renowned for the extraordinary coloured plates by LOUIS MARION BONNET.The plates, depicting plans and maps, show for one of the first times the perfection of the illustrating-process called the CRAYON MANNER adapted to colour-printing, and the work is probably the first book printed using this technique. The technique of printing with colour only began about 20 years before this work was issued during the first many years, though, many attempts failed, and it wasn't till Bonnet came up with the coloured crayon manner that it was really a success. Bonnet increased the number of plates in order to make it possible to print with several colours. The crayon manner became a great success in Europe and is a fore-runner of the lithography-process. All the plates are signed by Bonnet and are in at least four colours.This work is also renowned for its splendid typography that later on became known as the Didot-style. Graesse II:620. Brunet II:1354.
Paris, de l'Imprimerie de Franc. Amb. Didot l'Ainé. Chez Alexandre Jombert, jeune, 1783. 4to. Cont. full mottled calf with gilt red title-label to richly gilt back. Neat professinal repairs to back, hinges and boards. Title-page and first few leaves with a bit of brownspotting, otherwise internally very nice and clean with only occasional scattered minor brownspotting. Woodcut printer's device to title-page, large coloured vignette to dedication-leaf (etched and colour printed), 11 coloured plates, 10 on which folded - all plates etched and colour-printed. Library-stamp on t-p. (14), 116, 60 pp. + 11 leaves of plate-description, on which the plates are mounted at top, 2 pp. of approbation and privilege. On thick, good paper. A very nice, crisp and complete copy w. clear colours.
First edition of the main work of the French military engineer Fossé (1734 - 1812). This military work, divided into two sections, one dealing with military strategies concerning defending and attacking, the other dealing with military plans and how to construct maps, is especially renowned for the extraordinary coloured plates by LOUIS MARION BONNET.The plates, depicting plans and maps, show for one of the first times the perfection of the illustrating-process called the CRAYON MANNER adapted to colour-printing, and the work is probably the first book printed using this technique. The technique of printing with colour only began about 20 years before this work was issued during the first many years, though, many attempts failed, and it wasn't till Bonnet came up with the coloured crayon manner that it was really a success. Bonnet increased the number of plates in order to make it possible to print with several colours. The crayon manner became a great success in Europe and is a fore-runner of the lithography-process. All the plates are signed by Bonnet and are in at least four colours.This work is also renowned for its splendid typography that later on became known as the Didot-style. Graesse II:620. Brunet II:1354.
Paris, Alexandre Jombert Jeune (de l'Imprimerie de François Ambroise Didot l'aîné), 1783 2 parties en un vol. in-4, [7] ff. n. ch. (faux-titre, titre, dédicace, table), 116-60 pp., un feuillet non chiffré (approbation et privilège), avec une belle vignette en-tête héraldique en couleurs, et 11 très belles planches dépliantes insérées sur le mode de collettes summitales, très finement gravées et colorisées par Louis-Martin Bonnet, sous serpentes, légendées chacune d'un feuillet de texte ; exemplaire dans lequel il y a interversion alternante des ff. 33-34 à 39-40 de la première partie, sans manque, veau fauve écaille, dos lisse orné, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque). Mors restaurés.
Unique édition de ce livre important et rare.Il est divisé en deux parties : 1. Le texte sur la défense et l'attaque des petits postes. - 2. Un important "Précis pour servir à représenter les plans militaires", développant surtout l'emploi des couleurs pour le lavis des plans, et se plaçant dans la ligne de Buchotte. Il systématise les usages et les techniques en vigueur depuis le milieu du XVIIIe siècle dans la réalisation des plans militaires en couleurs, que l'on retrouve dans de nombreux manuscrits de l'époque.La seconde partie est illustrée de 11 superbes exemples de plans militaires au lavis, admirablement gravés et soigneusement coloriés par Louis-Marin Bonnet (1736-1793), inventeur du procédé expliqué dans le texte. On joint une pièce manuscrite complétant les données de la seconde partie sur l'utilisation des couleurs : Mélange des couleurs propres au lavis des plans (4 pp. n. ch.).Très bon exemplaire. - - VENTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE UNIQUEMENT
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Copenhagen, Möller und Sohn, 1789. 4to. Cont. full marbled calf. Gilt back and gilt borders on covers. Back slightly rubbed. Small loss of leather at bottom of frontcover. Stamp on title and old owners name. (12),183 pp. and 11 large folded engraved maps and plans. Printed on good paper, internbally clean.
First German edition. A translation of the author's ""Idées d'un militaire pour la Disposition des Troupes...Paris, 1783"". - Klaus Jordan No. 1253.
Paris ; Nancy Jombert et Desenne ; Mathieu 1786 in-8 dérelié
4 ff.n.ch. (titre, avis, table et introduction), 50 pp., 2 ff.n.ch. de privilège, 4 planches dépliantes.Charles-Louis de Fossé (1734-1812) est plus connu comme écrivain militaire, mais l'époque était à la mode de poêle à combustion contrôlée, comme celui qui avait été mis au point par Benjamin Franklin, et dont les imitations fleurirent un peu partout