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1638172261638. Guillet de Saint-Georges George. Les Arts de L'Homme d'Epée 1678 provides a structured dictionary of military terminology and practice intended for gentlemen trained in arms during the late seventeenth century when European warfare was increasingly systematized through professional instruction and codified knowledge. Organized alphabetically the work defines terms related to field operations garrison duty artillery and the mechanics of attack and defense supported by historical examples drawn from contemporary military actions. Issued in France during the reign of Louis XIV the volume reflects the formalization of military education within a centralized state that emphasized discipline hierarchy and technical proficiency. The text supports research into early modern military science linguistic standardization of warfare and the training of officers in seventeenth-century Europe.<br /> <br /> Guillet de Saint-Georges George. Les Arts de L'Homme D'Epée ou Le Dictionnaire du Gentil-Homme. Paris: Chez Gervais Clouzier 1678. First edition of Volume II complete in itself of a three-volume set. Duodecimo 267 pages. Text in French. The volume constitutes the military section of a broader instructional series that also included horsemanship and navigation. Illustrated with a large folding copper-engraved plate. Bound in contemporary sheep. Ownership signature in ink on title page. The entries present definitions and explanatory commentary on military vocabulary including roles of officers operational movements and technical aspects of warfare.<br /> <br /> Produced during a period of sustained military campaigns and administrative reform in France the work reflects the increasing importance of standardized knowledge for officers operating within expanding national armies. The dictionary format demonstrates how military expertise was disseminated beyond direct battlefield experience into textual and pedagogical forms accessible to educated elites. As part of a larger instructional project addressing multiple domains of gentlemanly training the volume situates military knowledge alongside other essential arts of status and service. Pages toned with occasional light marginal spotting; corners bumped; chipping to leather boards including loss at upper right of front cover; binding stable; overall in very good condition. unknown
167591301Paris: Estienne Michalet 1675. Fine. Estienne Michalet Paris 1675 9 x 16.2 cm Relié First edition illustrated at the end of the volume with 2 folding engraved plates by Gobille after drawings by Guillet depicting an ancient theatre and a plan of Athens with its surroundings cf. Blackmer 766. Weber 364. Brunet Table 22855. Contemporary full brown sheep binding spine with four raised bands decorated with compartments tooled in gilt now very rubbed restorations to the spine and covers. First historiographer of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture to which he was admitted in 1682 Guillet de Saint-George Thiers circa 1625 - Paris 1705 became known through several writings the principal ones relating to Greece and the Ottoman Empire. Concerning the present work: ""Il prétendit qu'il avait tiré ses documents des Mémoires de son frère Guillet de La Guilletière qu'il disait avoir été prisonnier quatre ans à Tunis et visité l'Italie septentrionale la Hongrie la Grèce la Turquie et une partie de l'Asie Mineure. Ce livre eut un grand succès ; mais la fraude fut découverte : le prétendu voyageur n'était jamais sorti de son cabinet ce qui n'empêcha pas Guillet de publier l'année suivante Lacédémone ancienne et nouvelle qui eut autant de vogue que le précédent mais provoqua une controverse avec Jacob Spon"" Hoefer XXII 727-728. Estienne Michalet hardcover
1676219567London: H. Herringman 1676. hardcover. very good. 2 422pp. Short thick 8vo bound 18th century calf with gilt-decorated spine well-worn but sound; front hinge repaired. London: Printed by John Macock for H. Herringman 1676. First edition in English. Several ink and pencil ownership signatures on endpapers otherwise a very clean copy with a few scattered spots but almost no foxing. A very scarce book originally published in French in 1675 this copy "Now Englished". OCLC lists 22 copies. -- Wing G2218<br/> <br/> A fictitious account supposedly based on the memoirs of the author's brother Guillet de La Guilletière.<br/> <br/> H. Herringman unknown
1679291101Paris: Chez Estienne Michallet 1679. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Small octavo. 288pp. Folding map. Rebound in lovely 19th Century green morocco gilt with elaborately decorated dentelles. One ink letter on a preliminary leaf and ink correction in errata else very near fine. Guillet's response to Spon's criticism of his brother-in-law's book on Greece. OCLC locates three copies only one in the U.S. and none in France. Chez Estienne Michallet hardcover
