"Ce Tableau Represente un Detachement de 450 Cheval en Opposition a 200 Hussard Ennemis...", double-sheet copperplate engraving from the book "Traité sur la Cavalerie", Plate XXII, published in 1776, being a pictorial bird's-eye view of troop movements, in a water gilt molded panel frame, matted and glazed, OS: 33 1/2" x 46", SS: 24 1/2" x 37". Good condition, joined and folded sheets as issued.This work, written by the French general of the cavalry Louis-Hector Comte de Drummond de Melfort and illustrated by van Blarenbereghe, describes the standard formations and tactics of the French cavalry at the time of the French Revolution. Provenance: From Private Collection, Harpswell, ME.