Pierre LEMAU DE LA JAISSE
Septième abrégé de la carte générale du militaire de France sur terre et sur mer, jusqu'en décembre 1740. [Seventh Abridgement of the General Register of the French Military Forces on Land and at Sea, up to December 1740]
Lamesle le jeune • Lamesle L. • Prault père|Paris 1741|10.8 x 17.1 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, decorated with provincial coats of arms, as well as elaborately engraved headpieces, initials and tailpieces.
Contemporary mottled brown calf, spine richly gilt with fleur-de-lys tools, red morocco title and numbering pieces, gilt roll to the board edges, red mottled edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Spine headcaps lacking, wear to the hinges, boards slightly warped, gilding rubbed to the board edges, scuffing and scratching to the boards, corners and board edges rubbed.
Occasional light foxing throughout.
€100