[BELAIR]. Manuel du citoyen armé de piques, ou Instruction r - Lot 6

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[BELAIR]. Manuel du citoyen armé de piques, ou Instruction r - Lot 6
[BELAIR]. Manuel du citoyen armé de piques, ou Instruction raisonnée sur les divers moyens de perfectionner l'usage et la fabrication des Piques, renfermant un précis de maniement et de l'usage de cette arme [...] par un Militaire, ami de la liberté. Paris, F. Buisson, 1792. In-8° of x, 73 pp. 2 folding plates engraved in intaglio h.-t. Bound in full marbled tan basane, long spine, red morocco title page, title and year gilt on the boards with a revolutionary iron between the letters R and F and framed by a triple gilt fillet, gilt roulette on the edges, red head. An artillery officer in the service of Holland, Alexandre-Pierre-Julienne de Belair finally found a job during the Revolution. The Paris commune appointed him chief engineer in August 1792. Promoted to brigadier general, he died a baron d'Empire in 1819. Some spotting to the binding; some foxing.
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