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La Haye, Pierre Gosse, 1756. 2nd page. Title page in red and black with a large coat of arms in the center, 41 headpieces and endpieces, 40 tipped-in plates at the end of the volume, many of which are folded, marginal foxing, contemporary sponged calf binding, six-ribbed spine, red edges, peeling. A splendid, fresh copy.
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After his ill-fated adventure in Courland, Maurice de Saxe (1696–1750), the illegitimate son of the King of Poland, devoted himself from December 1732 to writing his Rêveries . The author was a philosopher, but above all a psychologist for whom "knowledge of the human heart is the principle of military art" (Léonard, L'Armée et ses problèmes au XVIIIe siècle , p. 123). In the first part, Marshal de Saxe, the armed wing of Louis XV's reign, reviews all the "details" and aspects necessary for mastering military science, from recruitment to discipline, from uniforms to food, in a clear and comprehensible style. The work concludes with "the qualities that an army general must possess" and with some curious reflections on the propagation of the human species, aimed at counterbalancing the art of destroying populations.
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