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Publicado por Aux Depens de la Compagnie,, A La Haye,, 1753
Librería: Studio Bibliografico Antonio Zanfrognini, Modena, Italia
In 16°; (4), 152 pp. e 3 c. di tav. fuori testo più volte ripiegate. Legatura coeva in piena pelle marmorizzata con titolo e ricchi fregi in oro al dorso. Tagli spruzzati rossi. Lievi difetti alle cerniere. Antica pecetta all interno del piatto anteriore che identifica l esemplare come l esemplare sia appartenuto alla "Librairie Raymond Clavreuil". All interno in buone-ottime condizioni di conservazione. Esistono, di quest opera, tre edizioni stampate nel 1753, tutte e tre con autore dichiarato come il Conte de Saxe. Non è chiaro quale delle tre edizioni sia la prima. Non è chiaro chi sia il reale studio dell opera. Oggi si ritiene comunemente che l autore sia Herouville Claye (1712-1782), eroe di guerra francese che servì in diverse campagne militari sotto Luigi XV, in particolare nelle Fiandre ed in Germania e che fu anche uno dei più importanti imprenditori di carbone nella Francia del XVIII° secolo. Raggiunse il grado di tenente-generale, il grado immediatamente sotto la carica più alta dell Esercito Francese, quella di Maresciallo e ispettore generale della fanteria, componendo anche alcuni studi di tattica militare. Membro delle accademie di Montauban e Bordeaux, è stato tra i fondatori della Royal Agricultural Society di Parigi. E autore anche di alcuni libri scientifici e letterari, tra cui l Enciclopedia metodica, e gli elementi forniti mineralogia Quest opera che sicuramente, non fu stampata con l autore ancora in vita, fu ritrovata, manoscritta, fra le carte del celebre Maresciallo di Francia, Maurice Conte di Sassonia. Maurice, colpito dalla sagacia dell opera, negli ultimi anni della sua vita, ne rivide il testo, aggiungendovi alcune sue considerazioni, pur lasciandola manoscritta ed inedita. Da qui probabilmente l errore dell attribuzione dell opera a Maurice Comte de Saxe. Scrive Quérard (II, 95) relativamente all opera e alle sue edizioni: >. Tutte le edizioni di quest opera sono rare.
Publicado por La Haye: Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1753
Librería: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. 12mo. 8 x 14.3cm. Contemporary calf with gilt coat of arms of Duke of Arenberg. [2], 152pp and 3 folding plates.OCLC Number 457897041Rel. in-12 d'époque plein veau aux armes de la famille d'Arenberg, 152 p. et 3 tableaux dépliants, 2 ex-libris, l'un du duc d'Arenberg et l'autre du comte de Montrichard ; (défauts d'usage à la rel.).Britannica: Maurice, count de Saxe (count of) , (born Oct. 28, 1696, Goslar, Saxony [Germany] -died Nov. 30, 1750, Chambord, Fr.), general and military theorist who successfully led French armies during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740?48).The illegitimate son of the elector Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (later also King Augustus II of Poland), young Maurice was sent by his father to serve under Prince Eugene of Savoy against the French in Flanders in 1709?10. In 1711 he was made Graf von Sachsen (count of Saxony; in French, comte de Saxe). His father bought him a German regiment in the French service in 1719, and Saxe quickly won recognition for his innovations in military training, especially in musketry.J.M. White: Marshal Saxe is one of the forgotten figures of the first half of the eighteenth century; yet not only is he one of its most vivid personalities but one of its outstanding generals. He takes his place among the great mercenary soldiers of a military age: Schomburg, Schulenburg and Prince Eugene in the west, Keith and Lacy in the east; and there is leason to rate him even more highly than any of these and compare his achievements with those of Marlborough. At the close of his career Louis XV revived for him the splendid title of Marshal-General of the King's Camps and Armies, a title that had been borne previously only by the legendary Turenne.Expertise by Jean-Paul VEYSSIÈRE, Manoir de Bellay 37370 MARRAY .
Publicado por London: Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray?s-Inn, ?MCCCLIII?. [i.e. 1753]., 1753
Librería: Justin Croft Antiquarian Books Ltd ABA, Faversham, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
First edition in English of Memoires sur l'infanterie, ou, Traité des légions (which appeared in French the same year). Maurice marèchal de Saxe was one of the most heralded generals of the Ancien regime and was responsible for a string of French victories during the reign of Louis XV, not least the battle of Fontenoy (of 1745) in which his forces defeated a coalition of English, Austrian and Dutch troops. This book, attributed to him, though published posthumously is actually the work of his lieutenant général, Ricouart d'Hérouville. It uses the armies of ancient Rome as a yardstick for measuring the French army in its effectiveness, especially in the recruiting and training of soldiers. Immediately translated into English, it was influential on both sides of the Atlantic; a copy of this edition was notably owned by George Washington.The verso of the title-page advertises a simultaneously-issued work: The History of Maurice Count Saxe. (also Osborne, 1753). The two works are distinct, but owners (including Washington, it would appear from the Library of Congress Catalogue) sometimes had them bound as a single 3 volume work. 12mo (162 × 95 mm), pp. [4], 197, [1], plus 3 letterpress and 1 engraved folding plates at end. Slight browning and dampstaining, the final plate with closed tear at gutter. Contemporary sprinkled calf, red morocco spine label. Rubbed, label worn. A good copy. [Scarce; not in the BL catalogue. ESTC lists copies at Cambridge, Bodley, Hull and Niedersachsische Staats- und Universitatsbibliothek in Europe and Royal Military College, Society of the Cincinnati and Library of Congress in North America. OCLC adds Cornell, Boston Athenaeum and Rutgers University.].