A Paris, chez Veuve Mazières & J. B. Garnier, 1735, in-4to, (30x23.5 cm), frontispice gravé du portrait du Vicomte de Turenne + 5 ff. + 601 p. + CCIX (Mémoires) + CL (Preuves de l’histoire du Vicomte de Turenne) / avec 10 vignettes gravées dans le texte + 13 plans de batailles sur double page, papier frais, ex-libris gravé ‘Earl of Ormonde and Ossory’, reliure en plein veau, dos à nerfs ornés en or (fleurs de lys), pièces de titres rouges. Restaurations aux charnières.
Première édition. Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne-Bouillon, né le 11 septembre 1611, au château de Sedan (Ardennes) - mort à la Bataille de Salzbach, le 27 juillet 1675, vicomte de Turenne, duc de Bouillon, Prince de Sedan, généralement connu sous le nom de Turenne. Maréchal de France en 1643 et maréchal général des camps et armées du roi en 1660, il fut l'un des meilleurs généraux de Louis XIII, puis de Louis XIV. Brunet IV, 1097. Image disp.
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Paris, Maziers & Garnier, 1735. Large 4to. (31x25 cm.). Uncut in 2 cont. boards. Backs and edges rubbed an somewhat worn. Titlepages in red/black with large engraved vignettes. Engraved portrait as frontispiece (Meissonier f.). (8),601(4),CCIX,LXXXVIII,CL pp. 7 large (halfpage) engraved vignettes with battlescenes, 6 smaller engraved tailpieces and 13 large folded engraved maps. Internally fine printed on good paper and uncut with broad margins.
First edition of this renowned biography including Turenne's Memoires and with the fine battlescene engravings.
A la Haye (Haag), Jean Neaulme, 1736. Small 8vo. Bound in 4 contemp. full mottled calf, raised bands and richly gilt spines. Titlelabels with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper compartments. Stamps ontitlepages. 4 titleengravings, 2 fine textengravings. (16),371(4),,396(4),450(4),503 pp. + Cat. de Livres (9) pp. With 13 large folded engraved maps and plans. Internally clean and fine, printed on good paper.
Amsterdam et Leipzig, Arkstee & Merkus, 1759. 4 cont. full mottled calf. Title-and tomelabels in leather on backs. Gilt backs, but lightly rubbed. Paperlabels pasted on lower compartments. Top of spines a little frayed. Stamp on titles and verso. Engraved portrait as frontispiece, 4 engraved titlevignettes and 13 large folded engraved maps. Internally fine and clean.
Third editon of the renowned biography.