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Lot n° 38

GUERARD (Nicolas).

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The Mars exercises dedicated and presented to Monsignor Duke of Burgundy. Paris, Guérard, n.d., [circa 1695], in-4 oblong, brown half-bottomed, smooth spine (rel. mod.). Collection of 25 copperplate figures, the frontispiece, plate 17 is a double representation of figures from the troops of Louis XIV. The first ones are dedicated to the King's Military Household. Each figure is accompanied by a few explanatory lines. This work, which has become very rare and, above all, complete, is the most beautiful suite of military engravings of the 18th century. Qq. marginal tears and water marks on the title.