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. (41 x 30 cm.). 3 uniform contemp. hcalf. Raised bands. Gilt spines. Title-and tomelabels with gilt lettering. Stamps on title-pages. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spines. Light wear along edges. (6),IV,410 pp. With 5 title-pages. 11 large engraved vignettes. Atlasvolumes with 2 engraved title-pages and 147 (of 148 - lacking map 20 in part 4) 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. 2 textleaves with a faint dampstain in margins.

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.
Sloos. Warfare and the Age of Printing, 12227. First edition. - Brunet I,722.

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