AlmanacABAA
Almanac MilitaryABAA
ABREGE DU DICTIONNAIRE MILITAIRE POUR SERVIR D'ETRENNES À MESSIEURS LES OFFICIERS CONTENANT DES DÉTAILS UTILES POUR CEUX QUI SE DESTINENT À PRENDRE LE PARTI DES ARMES ANNÉE M. DCC. LIX
1759WRCLIT82090Paris: Le Veuve Bordelet . et al 1759. 24mo. Dark reddish brown morocco a.e.g. spine gilt extra side panels with double rule borders topped with dot-filled looped ornate crescents with small birds alternating with poppy pods pale red endsheets with gilt floral decorations. Lower fore-tips heavily worn internal joints cracked occasional cracking at gutters between signatures some foxing front blank trimmed at top edge 1803 ownership signature still a near good copy. First edition of this compilation of all sorts of military information published for the use of the gentleman soldier. OCLC locates only two copies: the Abbey copy at the BN and a copy in the library of the Society of the Cincinnati. However that implies a degree of scarcity that experience does not support. OCLC: 39277312 & 1034788984. Le Veuve Bordelet ... [et al] unknown books
