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FOSSE, Charles-Louis François de (author).
Louis-Marin Bonnet (engraver)
Idées d'un militaire pour la disposition des troupes confiées jeunes officiers dans la défense et l'attaque des petits postes.
The first edition of a work of great importance to the history of the development of colour printing. A treaty of defense strategy and military attack. It is based on concrete examples located in a plain, at a ford, on a bridge, in a castle or a village. The book is especially remarkable for its illustrations.
- Published
- Paris: printed by François-Ambroise Didot l'ainé, published by Alexandre Jombert, jeune, 1783
- References
- Brunet II,1354; cf. V. Carlson & J. Ittmann Regency to empire: French Printmaking 1715 - 1814 (Baltimore Museum of Art, 1984); Colorful Impressions: The Printmaking Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France. (Washington: National Gallery of Art, 2003-2
- Plates
- 11
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Paris: printed by François-Ambroise Didot l'ainé, published by Alexandre Jombert, jeune, 1783
- Ref
- 1315
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[Ideas of a soldier for the disposal of troops entrusted to young officers in the defence and attack of small posts.] Large quarto (12 5/16 x 9 inches). Half-title, title with wood-engraved vignette, letterpress dedication with engraved armorial headpiece printed in colours. Eleven engraved plates (10 folding) printed in colours "en manière de pastel" by Louis-Marin Bonnet "premier Graveur en ce genre," each plate hinged to the upper margin of the relevant caption leaf. Expertly bound to...
