Jomini

1807 · 180257 — Paris: Giguet et Michaud Imprimeurs-Libraires 1807. Par le Colonel Jomini employe pres de la Majeste l'Empereur Napoleon. Text in French. Pp. 4the title page and one leaf of explanation to plate 19 21 engraved folding plates battle maps or plans a few with multiple figures the final map with hand-coloured highlights; cr. 4to; rebound in modern qr. leather spine ruled in blind compartments with gilt lettered & decorated red leather title label marbled papered boards; later endpapers; small ownership stamp a lion brandishing a sword and the initials F M on the title page twice and on 4 of the maps mainly on the reverse one inked and a few brief pencilled marginal annotations in English neat repair on reverse of first map to a short closed tear at the innermost fold a couple of the maps slightly creased a little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; Giguet et Michaud Imprimeurs-Libraires Paris 1807. Lacking the text volumes. Covers the conflicts of the Seven Years War 1756-1763 including the battles of Kollin Rosbach Breslau a.o. The maps were engraved by J. Weibel F. Wexelberg and Jean Renard Vienna. Antoine Henri Jomini 1779-1869 was appointed staff colonel in 1805 by Napoleon and in 1813 became Marshal Ney's chief of staff. Jomini was one of the most celebrated writers on military thought. His Traite des grandes operations militaires was first published in 1804-1805. Giguet et Michaud, Imprimeurs-Libraires unknown