TURPIN DE CRISSE LancelotLivre Rare Book
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176951939P., Chez Lacombe 1769 3 volumes, in-4, pleine basane mouchetée, dos lisse richement orné, pièce de titre et de tomaison en maroquin rouge et vert, plats encadrés de filets et grecques dorés, dentelles en coupes,. XXI- 397- 438- 523 pp. Frontispice, 3 vignettes, 4 culs-de-lampe, et 43 planches dépliantes dont 21 plans de batailles. Mors légèrement usés, petits trous de vers sur le dos, légèrement frottés sur les plats, feuillets de texte uniformément roussis. Ex-libris Chenu-Tournier. Bel état des planches.
177066393Chez Arkstée et Merkus | A Amsterdam & à Leipzig 1770 | 12.50 x 20 cm (In-8) | 3 volumes reliés
177066393A Amsterdam & à Leipzig: Chez Arkstée et Merkus 1770. Fine. Chez Arkstée et Merkus A Amsterdam & à Leipzig 1770 12.50 x 20 cm In-8 3 volumes reliés New illustrated edition with a portrait as frontispiece 3 title vignettes and 41 folding plates. According to Brunet the first octavo edition following the original quarto published in 1769 of these Commentaries. Title pages printed in red and black. Contemporary full mottled calf binding. Spine with raised bands gilt-tooled. Beige morocco title-piece black basane volume label. Head of volume 2 restored. Surface abrasions on the boards polished with wax. Traces of rubbing. A handsome copy the paper of remarkable freshness. Ex libris with 18th-century armorial bookplate of Biel D. de Lislemont. An edition improperly designated as Mémoires which Brunet himself corrects by restoring the works half-titles: Commentaires sur les mémoires de Montecuculi. ""Les Mémoires de Montécuculi si utilement commentés éclaircis et même étendus dans plusieurs endroits par Turpin de Crissé forment un corps de doctrine aussi complet que méthodique en ce sens que la première partie de cet ouvrage contient les éléments purement abstraits de la science militaire dont il donne dans la seconde une théorie fondée sur une hypothèse et qu'il applique dans la troisième à des faits"". Quérard La France littéraire. These commentaries are at once a military treatise and a reflection on the art of war and stand among the great classics in the field. Chez Arkstée et Merkus hardcover
17042409010001Richard Sare and J. Tonson; Jonah Bowyer; Walford; various 1704. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. The Death of King Charles I 17 memorial pamphlets printed 1704-1724. Quarto. Bound in contemporary calf. Title pages have black mourning border. Joints cracked. Head and tail chipped. Pages and text are generally very clean and in excellent condition. Remembrances of King Charles' death preached during the reign of his granddaughter Queen Anne. The sermons eulogize Charles I and decry his death. The sermons have interesting ideas about responsibility to obey the law and the role of the King in British society. <br> Contents: 1 Robert Wynne Chancellor of St Asaph. Unity and Peace the Support of Church and State. A Sermon preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons on Munday Jan. 31th 1703/4. Being the Anniversary of King Charles I. By T. W. for Thomas Bennet 1704. 2 22 2 pp. advertisement leaf to rear; 2 George Stanhope Dean of Canterbury. A Sermon preach'd on Tuesday the 30th of January 1704/5. The Anniversary Fast-Day for the Martyrdom of K. Charles the First. By W. B. for R. Sare and M. Wotton 1705. 4 20 pp half-title; 3 White Kennett Arch-Deacon of Huntingdon. A Sermon preach'd on Wednesday January xxx 1705/6. Being the Anniversary Day of Fasting and Humiliation for the Horrid and Execrable Murder of King Charles the First. By J. H. for John Churchill 1706. 4 27 pp. half-title; 4 Robert Moss Chaplain in Ordinary to Her Majesty. A Sermon Preach'd on Thursday Jan. 30 1706/7. For Richard Sare and J. Tonson 1707. 2 30 pp. plain title page closely trimmed spotted; 5 Robert Eyre Prebendary of the Cathedral Church of Winchester A Sermon preach'd on Friday Jan. 30. 1707/8. By J. B. for Benj. Walford 1708. 2 30 pp.; 6 John Pelling Rector of St. Ann's Westminster. A Sermon preach'd . on Monday Jan. 31. 1708/9. Being the Anniversary Fast of the Martyrdom of King Charles I. By J. B. for Jonah Bowyer 1709. 22 pp.; 7 Robert Friend. A Sermon Preach'd on Tuesday January 30. 1710/11. By G. J. for Jonah Bower 1710. 25 pp.; 8 Thomas Gooch Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of London. A Sermon Preach'd on Wednesday the 30th of January 1711. By J. R. for Jonah Bowyer 1712. 2 22 pp.; 9 Lancelot Blackburne. A Sermon preach'd on the Thirtieth of January 1715/16. Being the Day of the Martyrdom of King Charles. By J. Roberts 1716. 28 pp. half-title slightly browned; 10 John Hoadly Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty. A Sermon preach'd on January 30. 1717-8. By W. Wikins for Tim. Childe 1718. 32 pp. plain title-page half-title; 11 John Waugh Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty. A Sermon preach'd on Friday January the 30th 1718/19. For John Wyat 1719. 4 22 2 half-title advertisement leaf; 12 Thomas Mangey Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of London. The Providential Sufferings of Good Men. Set forth in a Sermon preached on the 30th Day of January 1719. For W. and J. Innys 1720. 29 3 pp. half-title 3 pp. advertisements a few small tears to upper margins; 13 William Baker Warden of Wadham College etc. A Sermon preach'd on Monday January 30. 1720. For Benj. Cowse 1720. 31 pp. plain title-page half-title; 14 Nathaniel Marshall Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty. A Sermon preach'd on Tuesday January XXX. MDCCXXI. for W. Taylor 1721. 24 pp. sig. C browned; 15 Michael Stanhope Prebendary of St Paul's and Rector of Leake in Nottinghamshire. The Prosperity of the Wicked and the Sufferings of the Righteous not Inconsistent with the Goodness and Justice of Providence. A Sermon preach'd on January the 30th 1722/23. For Samuel Chapman 1723. 30 pp. half-title; 16 Nathaniel Hough Rector of St George's Southwark. A Sermon preach'd January the 30th 1723/24. For J. Stagg 1724. 23 pp. browning; 17 John Waugh Bishop of Carlisle. A Sermon preached before the Lords Spiritual and Temporal January the 30th 1724. For J. Wyat 1724. 32 pp. plain title-page half-title. <br> Provenance: From the library of Robert Bogdan 1950-2023. Bogdan was former chairman of the Scottish Castles Association and geography master at Charterhouse. Richard Sare and J. Tonson; Jonah Bowyer; Walford; various hardcover
1754027684Paris: Proult & Jombert 1754. Quarto. In two volumes with exceptionally wide margins. Volume I half-title 443 pages with printed errata at bottom of the last page Volume II half-title 204 pages with 25 engraved copper fold-out maps each exquisitely hand-colored. Lancelot de Turpin Crisse with plates illustrating all aspects of how armies might attack or defend in the various conditions of war forts rivers unusual terrain. General George Washington first learned of this book while serving with General Forbes who had used its ideas in the Duquesne campaign. Washington who could not read French immediately was able to understand the maps and their implications which he refers to it in his writings I 219. Many copies are lacking maps among the best and complete in American libraries are the one at West Point the U.S. Army War College Yale Princeton the Houghton at Harvard and NYPL. Both volumes beautifully bound in a full modern paneled calf raised bands red and green contrasting leather labels gilt renewed endpapers. A very handsome set. Proult & Jombert unknown
