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Lettres Intimes (Inédites) Adressées au Marquis de Puyzieulx (1699-1705); Introduction et Notes de Hyrvoix de Landosle, avec un portrait gravé sur bois par Achille Ouvré et une reproduction d'autographe
by Vauban, Sébastien Le Prestre de
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About This Item
Paris: Éditions Bossard, 1924. Paperback. Good. Ouvré, Achille. 139, [7] p.: frontispiece portrait of Vauban, 1 leaf of a facsimile; 19 cm. Light green wrappers with black spine title and wrapper title. Title page in red and black. Collection des Chefs-d'Oeuvre Méconnus, no. 38. This is number 1,496 of a limited edition of 2,500 copies. Vauban (1633-1707), the author of the letters, was a Marshal of France and the foremost military engineer of his age. Bookplate of Jean-Gabriel Lemoine inside front wrapper; Lemoine was the art critic for L'Echo de Paris. First leaf (blank) inscribed: "? de l'auteur." Small ink corrections throughout the Introduction and the caption to the facsimile letter, possibly by the editor, Albert Hyrvoix de Landosle. In Good Condition: edges of wrapper are chipped, with loss along the fore-edges; front joint weak; front wrapper slightly stained; one vertical crease in front wrapper; notations in Introduction; otherwise pages are lean and tight.
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- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Title
- Lettres Intimes (Inédites) Adressées au Marquis de Puyzieulx (1699-1705); Introduction et Notes de Hyrvoix de Landosle, avec un portrait gravé sur bois par Achille Ouvré et une reproduction d'autographe
- Author
- Vauban, Sébastien Le Prestre de
- Illustrator
- Ouvré, Achille
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Éditions Bossard
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1924
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; Science & Technology; Militaria;
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