Dumont, Jean

THE MILITARY HISTORY OF THE LATE PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOY [TWO VOLUMES]

London: Printed by James Bettenham, for Claude du Bosc, 1736-1737. Folios, 2 volumes; G; bound in contemporary calf, paneled spines worn labels and gilt titling; bindings with moderate wear and rubbing, including split hinges, scratches, and chipping;

small stamp to ffeps, rear pastedowns; half-title to volume one only; [8], 391 pages, [44 leaves of plates, some folded or two-page], [4], 360 pages, [40 leaves of plates, some folded or two-page]; Volume one with 15 single page and 29 double page or folding plates and Volume 2 with 17 single page and 23 double page or folding plates; plate at volume one page 77 with a small piece missing on the left edge; small blue ink drops to volume one page 191; some worming to the top margin of volume two, primarily from pages 183-219, with a pinprick expanding beyond that; ink name to title pages; Volume one dated 1736, volume two dated 1737; with engraved title page vignettes, engraved head-pieces and initials, and woodcut tail-pieces; shelved above case 4.

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NOTES

ESTC: T114743

A translation by John Campbell of "Histoire militaire du prince Eugene de Savoye" by Jean Dumont, baron de Carlscroon and Jean Rousset de Missy;

Prince Eugene Francis of Savoy–Carignano has been considered the greatest Austrian general, serving as a field marshal in the army of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty during the 17th and 18th centuries.;

In vol. 1, leaf B1 comes in two states, this being State 2;