First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. Vol. I, 339 leaves, 47 numbered engraved plates including the frontispiece; vol. II, 394 leaves, 22
engraved plates, including the frontispiece; vignettes of the royal arms of France on the title-pages.
Quérard II, page 384.
Bibliothèque du Ministère de la Guerre de la Belgique I, 4738.
Backer II, col. 1812, no. 32.
Gabriel Daniel, 1649-1728, French historian and Jesuit abbé.
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L’ecole de Mars par de Guignard.
2. v.
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 95, as above.
GUIGNARD,
De.
L’Ecole de Mars, ou Memoires instructifs sur toutes les parties qui composent le Corps Militaire en France, avec leurs origines,
& les differentes maneuvres ausquelles elles sont employées. Dediée au Roy. Par M. de Guignard . . . Tome I [II].
A
Paris: [De l’Imprimerie de
Louis-Denis Delatour] chez
Simart,
1725.
UA702 .G94
First Edition. 2 vol. 4to. Vol. I, 386 leaves, engraved frontispiece; vol. II, 322 leaves, leaf with Table inserted, numerous plates
in both volumes; printer’s imprint at the end of vol. II.
Quérard III, page 525.
Catalogue de la Bibliothèque du Ministère de la guerre I, no. 5.
De Guignard, according to his own statement on the title-page, was
Chevalier de l’Ordre Militaire de Saint Louis, & Lieutenant-Colonel du Regiment d’Infanterie du Thil. Réformé.
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Army & Navy of Gr. Britain.
1815 Catalogue, page 53. no. 57, as above, with
The and
8vo.
1849 Catalogue, page 335. no. 135. Millan, J. Succession of Colonels to all his Majesties Land Forces, from their Rise to
1744; with a List of the Royal Navy, when Built, &c., &c., 8vo; London, 1744.
MILLAN,
John.
. . . The succession of colonels to all His Majesty’s land forces, from their rise to 1744. Precedency of each regiment, with
dates of promotions, removes deaths, &c . . . To which is added a list of ye Royal Navy, when built, rebuilt, number of men
and guns, tonnage, dimensions &c . . .
London: Printed for
John Millan,
1744.
8vo.
John Millan, English publisher, published this work annually over a period of years.
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Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 54. no. 60, Duane’s American Military Library, 8vo.
DUANE,
William.
[
The American Library, No. 1.
Philadelphia,
1807.]
Duane sent this to Jefferson with an undated letter (endorsed by the latter
recd. Dec. 5. 07.): “By the mail which carries this I have taken the liberty of sending you a copy of the first number of the
Military library, a compilation of my own; it is my purpose to collect all that is to be had in the best books & to give them such a form
as the first number exhibits, which may lead judicious men to enquire and think and inform those who are uninformed. I have
obtained thro’ Gen
l Dearborn’s kindness the use of several books from the War office Library, and particularly the invaluable but prolix work
of
Guibert, the whole substance of which I mean to com- ”
