[SAXE (Maurice de)]. ESPAGNAC (Jean Baptiste d'). Histoire d - Lot 9

[SAXE (Maurice de)]. ESPAGNAC (Jean Baptiste d'). Histoire de Maurice de Saxe, duc de Courlande et de Sémigalle [...]. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie de Philippe-Denys Pierres, 1775. 3 volumes in-4°, marbled basane, gilded fillets framing the covers, ornate ribbed spine (period binding). "New corrected & considerably enlarged edition [...]". A frontispiece portrait of the Count of Saxony, engraved by PETIT after Hyacinthe RIGAUD, and 45 plates in the last volume, mainly maps and plans, most of them folding. One of the first biographies of the victor of Fontenoy, studied by Baron d'Espagnac, Governor of the Invalides since 1766, who had been aide-de-camp and friend of Marshal de Saxe. Headcaps of first and last volumes damaged (with split upper spine on last volume); some spotting. One of the first biographies of the victor of Fontenoy, studied by Baron d'Espagnac, governor of the Invalides since 1766, who had been aide-de-camp and friend of the Maréchal de Saxe. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the Comte de Saxe, engraved by Petit after Hyacinthe Rigaud, and 45 plates in the last volume, mainly maps and plans, most of them folding.