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L'Esprit du Chevalier Folard tire de ses Commentaires sur l'Histoire de Polybe, pour l'Usage d'un Officier, de Main de Maitre
by Folard, Jean-Charles de ; [ Frederick the Second, King of Prussia ] ; (Polybius)
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Leipzig: N.p. 1761. 8vo. xvi, 240 pp. Bound in contemporary full mottled calf. Five raised bands to spine with gilt panels and maroon leather title label. Marbled endpapers and edges. Boards slightly warped. Compiled by Frederick the Second, King of Prussia from the voluminous works of Jean Charles de Folard. A guide to military tactics and fortifications with a commentary on Polybius. The forward refers to these being the diamonds from the dung heap of the larger work. An unauthorised edition appeared in Paris the previous year. With 18 folding copper plate engravings. Text in French. A pleasing contemporary calf binding in VG condition. . Very Good. Full Calf. 1761.
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- Bookseller
- Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51331
- Title
- L'Esprit du Chevalier Folard tire de ses Commentaires sur l'Histoire de Polybe, pour l'Usage d'un Officier, de Main de Maitre
- Author
- Folard, Jean-Charles de ; [ Frederick the Second, King of Prussia ] ; (Polybius)
- Format/Binding
- Full Calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- N.p. 1761
- Place of Publication
- Leipzig
- Date Published
- 1761
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- Polybius,Military,Fortifications,Tactics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Military; French Books;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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