Histoire militaire du regne de Louis le Grand, roy de France
Subtitle: où l'on trouve un détail de toutes les batailles, sieges, combats particuliers, & generalement de toutes les actions de guerre qui se sont passées pendant le cours de son regne, tant sur terre que sur mer : enrichie des plans necessaires : on y a joint un traité particulier de pratiques & de maximes de l'art militaire
By: par M. le marquis de Quincy ...
Contributors: Vauban, Sébastien Le Prestre de, 1633-1707; Jefferson Exhibit Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Chez Denis Mariette ... Jean-Baptiste Delespine ... Jean-Baptiste Coignard fils ...
Published: 1726
Place of publication: À Paris
Language: fre
Subjects: Military History; Early works to 1800; Military art and science; History
Other titles: Maximes et instructions sur l'art militaire.
Notes: Vol. 1: [12], 703, [3] p., [13] leaves of plates; v. 2: [2], 728, [22] p., [46] leaves of plates; v. 3: [2], 734, [24] p., [52] leaves of plates; v. 4: [2], 703, [1] p., [14] leaves of plates; v. 5: [2], 606, [26] p., [22] leaves of plates; v. 6: [2], 681, [1] p., [16] leaves of plates; v. 7, pt. 1: 489, [1] p.; pt. 2: 418, [4] p., [52] leaves of plates (both pt. 1 and 2).

Some plates are tables. Most of the plates are double. Many of the tables are both double plates and are folded.

Vol. 7 is in 2 parts, pt. 2 having special title page: Maximes et instructions sur l'art militaire / par M *** officier général des armées du roy.  This work is separately paged and signed.

"Maximes et instructions sur l'art militaire / par M *** officier général des armées du roy" is attributed to Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban by the Bibliothèque nationale.

Errata: v. 1, p. [2] at end; v. 2, p. [21] at end; v. 3, p. [24] at end.; v. 4, p. [1] at end; v. 5, p. 26 at end; v. 6, p. [1] at end; v. 7, pt. 1, p. [1] at end; v. 7, pt. 2, p. [4] at end.

Includes indexes.

LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection.  Has inscription:  J. Gallatin, Capt.

Sowerby, E.M.  Cat. of the lib. of Thomas Jefferson, 201

BnF catalogue général FRBNF36378878