BEAURAIN, (J.de).

Histoire militaire de Flandre, depuis l'année 1690 jusqu en 1694 inclusivement; qui comprend le Detail des Marches, Campemens, Batailles, Sieges & Mouvemens des Armees du Roi, & de celles des Alliés pendant ces cinq Campagnes. 3 Vols. (Textvol. in 5 Parts, 2 Atlasvols.).

Paris, Beaurin, Poirion, Jombert, 1755-56. Folio. (40,5 x 29,5 cm.). Bound in 3 fine contemp. full mottled calf. 6 raised bands. Richly gilt compartments. Tome- and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Inside gilt dentelles. Very light wear at spine-ends. A bit of cracking in leather at fronthinge on volume 1. Small stamp on foot of title-page. (8),IV,410 pp., 5 large engraved vignettes, 5 engraved endpieces. Atlas-volumes with 2 engraved title-pages and 149 (incl. 3 plates with bis-numbering) double-page engraved topographical plans and maps, nearly all with handcoloured positions, symbols and routes. Some maps in triple-folio and folded. Printed on thick paper. A few leaves with a small brownspot in upper margin. A clean fine copy.

A scarce complete set of the first edition of Jean de Beaurain's main work on the military history of Flanders. Beaurain (1696-1771) was a French geo- and cartographer, who studied under the famous Pierre Moulart-Sanson in Paris.
Brunet I,722. - Sloos. Warfare and the Age of Printing, 12227.

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