18th-19th CENTURY MANUSCRIPTS - Lot 80

18th-19th CENTURY MANUSCRIPTS Set of 2 manuscripts. LOT of 2 manuscripts. -PLAN of the various maneuvers to be performed before the King at the Verberie Camp in 1769 by the division under the command of the Count of Rochambeau. Château de Compiègne. At that time, the Count of Rochambeau commanded the 3rd Division, consisting of 14 battalions, including the regiments of Auvergne, Touraine, Beauce, and Limousin. A collection of period plans illustrating these maneuvers is preserved by the BnF In July 1769, King Louis XV assembled a large contingent of royal troops on the Verberie plain (near the Château de Compiègne) to conduct major military training maneuvers there Small quarto. Red morocco leather binding from the period bearing the coat of arms of Louis XV (the fleurs-de-lis have been scraped off in the spirit of republican censorship). A tactical manual from the Maison du Roi for training future commanders of the royal regiments. This copy was very clearly used as a sketchbook by one or more young children: graffiti in sepia ink dating almost from the period and a few scribbles in blue pencil. - CASH BOOK begun on January 1, 1813. Small folio bound in period vellum. Household ledger. Large antique label