HAY (Augustin-Eugène) et François DROUART

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HAY (Augustin-Eugène) et François DROUART
Collection of the charters, creations and confirmations of the colonels, captains, majors, officers, crossbowmen, archers, harquebusiers and fusiliers [sic] of the city of Paris, with the verifications, decrees and sentences concerning their Privileges. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Guillaume Desprez, 1770. In-4, marbled calf, gilt coat of arms in the centre of the plates, spine gilt, red title coin, red edges (contemporary binding). Last edition of this collection devoted to the militias and charges of the aldermen of the jurisdiction of Paris. It is more complete than the original published in 1658. Two portraits, that of Abbé Bignon, the dedicatee of the work, and that of the author, engraved by Levesque, and 43 plates of military costumes and various manoeuvres illustrating the Instruction or Soldier's School, numbered from 1 to 44, the first of which is coloured; plate no. 3 has never been engraved. Exemplary to the arms of the city of Paris. Clear multi-leaf scorch marks, margins of plate no. 38 fully scorched. Rubbed binding, two split jaws, missing head cap and tail hook
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