French military works, by Du Choul, 1555; La Noue, 1587; Billon, 1617, 3 volumes

FRENCH MILITARY WORKS

A collection of 3 volumes, comprising:

i. Du Choul, Guillaume. Discours sur la castrametation et discipline militaire des Romains. Lyon: Guillaume Rouille, 1555, folio, device on title-page, woodcut initials and illustrations, folding woodcut plate, with blank leaves o4 and F6, contemporary limp vellum, [USTC 29533], lacking a4 and g2-4, some pages frayed, binding soiled

ii. La Noue, François de. Discours politiques et militaires. Basel: François Forest, 1587, 4to, errata leaf at end, eighteenth-century half calf, bookplate of Lord Camden, [USTC 337], slightly wormed (at end touching a few letters), binding rubbed, lacking head of spine

iii. Billon, Jeremie de. Instructions militaires. Lyon: Barthelemy Ancelin, 1617, folio, one folding plate (p.157), 4 double-page plates (pp.189, 304, 462, 464), 2 single-page plates printed recto and verso (pp.296, 299), woodcut diagrams, modern brown morocco gilt by Pagnant, g.e., [USTC 6902349], a very few leaves cut close