LO-LOOZ (Robert de). Les militaires au-dela du Gange. Paris, - Lot 132

LO-LOOZ (Robert de). Les militaires au-dela du Gange. Paris, Bailly, 1770. 2 vols. In-8, (8)-XVI-506-(6) p. + (4) 480-(2) p., contemporary marbled havana calf, spine ribbed, red morocco title and appendix, marbled edges (minor defects including a partially uncovered cap and 2 blunted corners; worm tract sometimes affecting pagination on the first third of vol.1, browning). First edition, illustrated with two fine frontispiece figures by Eisen engraved by Joseph de Longueil and four large folding plates: Ordre de Bataille des cochinchinois; Alignement de la disposition des Siamoins dans la 1re bataille; La 2e ligne des cochinchinois; Premier ordre de bataille des siamois. The work devoted to military tactics gives the history of a war between the kings of Siam and Cochinchina. (Cohen, 648).