Classical military works, commentaries in French, 8 volumes

CLASSICAL MILITARY WORKS, COMMENTARIES IN FRENCH

A collection of seven works in eight volumes, comprising:

i. Vigenère, B. de. L'art militaire d'Onosender autheur grec. Paris: Langellier, 1605, 4to, engraved title and coat of arms, eighteenth-century panelled calf gilt, purchased from Pickering & Chatto, 12 June 1901, 12s, [USTC 6015119], text slightly damp-stained at foot, table misbound at end, binding slightly rubbed

ii. Simeoni, G. Cesar renouvellé. Paris: Sertenas, 1558, 8vo, a few woodcut illustrations, nineteenth-century half morocco, [USTC 37722], slightly wormed and slightly spotted, rubbed

iii. [Rohan, H., duc de] Le parfait capitaine, autrement l'abregé des guerres de Gaule des commentaires de Cesar. Paris: Courbé, [?1638], 2 parts in one, 4to, additional engraved title and one plate, contemporary calf gilt, bookplate of Algernon Capell, some leaves browned, printed title cropped with loss of imprint, binding rather worn

iv. another copy, Paris: Loyson, 1644, 3 parts in one, 4to, engraved additional title, contemporary vellum, slightly spotted, binding slightly worn

v. De la Fé, - . Les stratagemes et les ruses de guerre, tirez des historiens grecs, latins & françois, tant anciens que modernes. Paris: Eschart et Castin, 1694, 12mo, contemporary calf, very slightly rubbed

vi. Folard, J.C. de. L'esprit du Chevalier Folard tiré de ses commentaires sur l'histoire de Polybe. Leipzig, 1761, 8vo, signature of [General] John Moore, 1797, on title, engraved folding plates, contemporary calf, lacking plates no.5, 7 and 15

vii. Turpin de Crissé, L., comte. Commentaires sur les institutions militaires de Végèce... seconde edition. Paris: Nyon, 1783, 2 vol., 4to, 20 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf, some damp-staining in vol.2