[LA RÜE Philibert Benoit de]

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[LA RÜE Philibert Benoit de]
Nouveau recueil des troupes légères de France... Paris, F.Chereau, 1747. In-folio, 25 x 40,5cm, [2] ff. 12 plates, contemporary German binding with muted ribbed spine and brown basane corners, dominoté paper boards. Suite of 12 watercolor plates of uniforms, after La Rüe and engraved by Delafosse, Boucher or Aveline. Watercolored title-frontispiece and dedication leaf engraved by Desbruslins after Babel. A good copy from the library of the 4th Marquis of Lothian, British lieutenant general, then Earl of Ancram (c.1710-1775; engraved heraldic bookplate). Margins slightly soiled. Last plate stained but not affecting the illustration. Binding rubbed.
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