Oct 21, 2014 - Sale 2362
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Sale 2362 - Lot 92

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LA ROCHE, [-] DE, Comte. Essai sur la Petite Guerre. Etched frontispiece and 7 folding plates. [2], vi, 312, [4]; 212 pages. 2 volumes in one. 12mo, 167x95 mm, contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine darkened and chipped; light marginal dampstaining through most of both volumes, offsetting from frontispiece onto title, few plates toned. Paris: (P. G. Simon for) Saillant & Nyon, 1770
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first edition of a treatise on combat with light troops, anticipating the later development of guerrilla warfare. Jähns, page 2719.