Military, History & Politics. Saxe (Field-Marshal Count ...

Hammer

£60

Military, History & Politics. Saxe (Field-Marshal Count [Maurice]), Reveries, or Memoirs upon the Art of War, first English edition, London: J. Nourse, 1757, 40 plates engraved by Isaac Basire on 34 sheets, one or two repairs, one or two stable tears, the odd foxed spot, contemporary calf, split, holding, but with some movement, bumped and worn, 4to, Otway (Captain Joseph, translator), Turpin's Essay on the Art of War, volume II only, first English edition, London: A. Hamilton, for W. Johnston, 1761, 21 engraved folding plans and maps only, contemporary speckled calf, 4to, M'Cormick (Charles), Memoirs of Edmund Burke [...], second edition, London: Lee and Hurst 1798, portrait mezzotint, contemporary calf, upper-cover detached, further faults, contemporary bookseller's ticket: J. Gill, Booksellers, Wakefield, 4to, The Annual Register 1771, London: J. Dodsley, 1772, contemporary calf over marbled boards, 8vo, etc., (5) 

Provenance: 1st: 1) Mutilated contemporary Chippendale armorial bookplate. 2) Octavius Sturges/Sept. 11/1847; ink MS inscription. 3) Thomas Francis Fremantle, either the 1st Baron (1798-1890) or 2nd Baron Cottesloe (1830-1918); Golden Age armorial bookplate to pastedown.