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DUMORTOUS. Histoire des conquêtes de Louis XV...

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DUMORTOUS. Histoire des conquêtes de Louis XV tant en Flandre que sur le Rhin, en Allemagne en Italie, depuis 1744 jusques à la paix conclue en 1748. Paris, Lormel, 1759, folio, marbled calf, triple filleted boards with fleurons at the corners, spine ribbed, decorated (contemporary binding). ORIGINAL EDITION illustrated with a copper engraved frontispiece by Lempereur after François Boucher, 14 maps and 24 engravings (of 27). Incomplete with the siege of Brussels, the siege of the lock and the map of Bruges. Spots on the covers and corners dulled. Marginal tear to pp. V, 55 and 58 (the pl. of the battle of Fontenoy). Pagination error.