REVERIES, OR MEMOIRS CONCERNING THE ART OF WAR; TO WHICH IS ANNEXED HIS TREATISE CONCERNING LEGIONS; OR, A PLAN FOR NEW-MODELLING THE FRENCH ARMIES; ILLUSTRATED WITH COPPER PLATES. TOGETHER WITH LETTERS ON VARIOUS MILITARY SUBJECTS, WROTE BY THE MARSHAL TO SEVERAL EMINENT PERSONS; AND, THE AUTHOR'S REFLECTIONS ON THE PROPAGATION OF THE HUMAN SPECIES. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR
Edinburgh: Sands, Donaldson, Murray, and Cochran, 1759. Leather-bound. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH. 8vo. Full contemporary calf with contrasting (though faded) spine label. Five raised bands (six compartments) Scuffing, rubbing,peeling and general wear to leather. Joints cracked but cords holding. Remarkably rugged, structurally, given the 250+ years this book has been..... More
