L'ESPRIT DU CHEVALIER FOLARD TIRE DE SES COMMENTARIES L'HISTOIRE DE
by FOLARD, Jean Charles de
Frederick the Great. (FOLARD) FREDERICK THE GREAT. L'ESPRIT DU CHEVALIER FOLARD TIRE DE SES COMMENTARIES L'HISTOIRE DE POLYBE. Leipzig: 1761. 8vo. Contemporary cats-paw calf. xvi, 240 pages, 18 folding engraved plates. First edition under this title. A digest of Jean Charles de Folard's guide to military tactics and fortifications compiled by Frederick the Great. It is based on the writings Polybius, the great Roman military tactician. Minor chips to tips of spine. eighteenth century America, Folard's work was in Edward Lloyd of Wye's librar in Maryland. Two plates frayed at margins, some light waterstains on a few pages, else a very attractive copy. (Inventory #: 32258)