Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Le petit dictionnaire du tems pour l’intelligence des nouvelles de la guerre. Troisième edition.

With 2 folding plates. (6) leaves, LXXVIII, 546 pp., 2 leaves. Small 8vo. Contemp. clalf. – Paris, J. B. C. Bauche, Ph. N. Lottin and J. H. Butard, 1748.

Third edition of this dictionary of places and towns in France and its surrounding regions with regard to military situation and fortification. At the beginning there are separate short dictionaries of terms of fortification and war as well as of the navy. The two plates show an example of military fortification and a sea vessel, both with detailed captions. – Spine ends chipped, corners bumped. Some browing to paper, mostly clean. – Best.-Nr. 27192