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Eléazar de MAUVILLON

Histoire du prince François Eugene de Savoye

Chez Briffaut, à Vienne en Autriche 1755, In 12 (10x17cm), (4) XII 360pp. et (4) 279pp. et (2) 351pp. et (2) 343pp. et (2) 388pp., 5 volumes reliés.

New edition, illustrated with a portrait by Schmidt on strong paper and 12 shots military battles flyers. The first edition was published by the same publisher in 1741. The book is no author name, and was awarded to Mauvillon by Barbier.

Binders full glossy brown calf contemporary. Back with nerves decorated. part of title and volume number in red morocco. 3 corners lightly bumped. Traces of friction. 2 snags tail of Volume III, ditto in the first well of Volume I. Small lack tail of Volume I. Error bookbinder who placed the false title of Volume 2 ahead of the first volume and the first volume in head of Volume II, ditto for the portrait is the frontispiece of the second volume; the contents of Volume I is found in Volume II. Nice copy.

Eugene of Savoy was one of the most illustrious military of its time. Suffering the disgrace of Louis XIV he inherited from his mother, he began, after the king's refusal, in the Empire army. From 22 years after the war of the Holy League (Empire, Poland and Venice) against the Turks, he was made a major general. Its various campaigns, especially against France during the Spanish succession, against Italy and the Turks led to his being chief, then at the end of his life governor of the Netherlands. 1 Napoleon considered him one of the 7 great generals of history. Beyond the military biography of the character, the book is a political history of modern Europe very relevant.

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