Polybe Polybios (2 results)

fester Einband. XLVI, 1620S. (Dünndruck), Reg., Anhang Kl 8° Ldr.mS. *mit farb. Kopfschnitt, Rückenvergoldung und Lesebändchen *gutes, sauberes Expl.*. Sprache: Französisch.

Paris, Veuve Gandouin, Giffart, David l'Aîné, Jombert, Durand, 1754, 3 vols in-4°, 27 x 21 cm, (vol. I) (4) nn pp + x pp + (2)(approbation) + xlviii pp + 421 pp + (3)nn pp (errata) + 51 engraved plates, some folding or double-page ; (vol.II) (4) nn pp + ix + 477 pp (error 469) + (1)(bl) + (2)(errata) + 22 engraved plates ; (vol.III) (4) nn pp + vii pp + 384 pp + (3)(avis au relieur) + (1)(bl) + (2)(errata) + 40 engr. pl. (complete). Bound in uniform contemporary half-leather, smooth spine with red title- and green vol. label, matching marbled boards, some joints a bit weak, those of vol. III nearly completely split, nothwithstanding a very nice uncut and complete copy of the abridged version of Folard's "Commentaries on the History of Polybe" on the arts of war and defense, three volumes finely illustrated with in all 113 engraved plates including four maps and one plan of Cremona, the others representing battle orders and antique weaponry, defences and military artefacts. With a general index of three volumes. This abridged version contains the famous "Traité de la colonne" , and the "Traité de l'attaque et de la défense des places des Anciens". Barbier I/39e; Quérard II/110, III/148 et VII/254. Jean Charles de Folard, 1669 - 1752, soldier and military author, inventor of the column formation.…