Military.- Lemau de la Jaisse (Pierre) Carte generale de la monarchie francoise, contenant
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Military.- Lemau de la Jaisse (Pierre) Carte generale de la monarchie francoise, contenant l'histoire militaire depuis Clovis premier Roy Chretien, jusqu'a la quinzieme annee accomplie du Regne de Louis XV, double-page engraved and letterpress title / Avertissement, large folding pictorial dedication by Cochin, 9 double-page or folding engraved and letterpress plates, 7 double-page engraved and letterpress border designs incorporating 110 circular French town plans with their coats of arms, 4 larger engravings emblematic of north, south, east and west and other illustrations, also a supplementary double-page plate, leaf 9 creased and with a very short tear at foot, without loss, stained, lightly browned, contemporary armorial calf, gilt, centres of arms scratched away, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed and marked, [Cohen-De Ricci 620], folio, Paris, no printer, 1733.
⁂ A handsome production glorifying the military might of Louis XV. The author provides instructions for assembling the sheets into a single chart 7 pieds square (2.25 square metres).
⁂ A handsome production glorifying the military might of Louis XV. The author provides instructions for assembling the sheets into a single chart 7 pieds square (2.25 square metres).
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Military.- Lemau de la Jaisse (Pierre) Carte generale de la monarchie francoise, contenant
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