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Military tactics. GUIBERT (Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte...

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[Military tactics]. GUIBERT (Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte de). Lobschrift auf Friedrich den Zweiten aus dem Franszosischen des Grafen von Guilbert, ubersetzt und einigen Zusatzen begleitet von Johann Friedrich Zöllner. Berlin und Libau, bey Lagarde und Friedrich, 1788; in-8 (19x12,5 cm), blond calf, framing roulette, spine decorated with gilt irons (vases) between the five nerves, burgundy morocco title-piece, roulette on the edges, gilt edges (small lack at one corner). (viii), 258, (1). German first edition of this edition first published in London in 1787 in French under the title "Eloge du roi de Prusse, par l'auteur de l'Essai Général de Tactique". Work that analyzes the campaigns of Frederick II, by the famous general officer, tactician Guibert (1743-1790), whose essay inspired Napoleon Bonaparte. Nice copy on laid paper watermarked D & C Blauw and fleur de lys

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