REVERIES, OR MEMOIRS UPON THE ART OF WAR: to which are added some original letters upon various military subjects,
wrote by the Count to the late King of Poland, and M. de Folard, which were never before made publick; Together with His reflections upon the propagation of the human species. Translated from the French. Illustrated with Copper-plates. Pp. x+196(last advertisement), 40 plates (all but one folding, some with multiple images), head & tailpiece decorations, decorative initials; cr. 4to; later half calf, spine lettered in gilt and decorated in gilt & black around raised bands, marbled papered boards; later endpapers, bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the title page (cropped, with piece torn from the bottom fore-corner causing minor loss of imprint) mounted on a later sheet, long (10 cm.) closed tear from fore-edge into centre of pages 7/8 affecting a couple of words of text on page 7, closed tears to one fold of plate 16 and two folds of plate 20, long piece torn from fore-edge of plate 19, with some loss of image, tiny hole in top margin pages 183/4, a few small marginal damp stains, a little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; J. Nourse, London, 1757. First edition in English.. Item #177255
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