ESPAGNAC (Jean Baptiste Joseph d'Amarzit de Sahuguet, chevalier d'). History of Maurice, Count of Saxony, Duke of Courland and Semigalle, Marshal-General of the Camps and Armies of His Most Christian Majesty. Paris : printing house of Philippe-Denys Pierres, 1775. - 3 volumes in-4, marbled calf, triple cold fillet framing the boards, spine ribbed and decorated, red edges (period binding). "New edition, corrected and considerably increased", dedicated to Louis XVI. It is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the Count of Saxe, engraved by Petit after Hyacinthe Rigaud and 45 plates gathered in the last volume, presenting mainly maps and plans, most of them folding. Covers missing, corners dull, hinge of the first cover of the first volume partly split. Dark marks on some boards due to moisture. Staining at the end of the first volume and the beginning of the second. Provenance: Viscount of A. Vallier, with signature on the title. - Ex-libris heraldic. - Library of Athis, with ex-libris. Attached: - GROTIUS (Hugues). The Law of War and Peace. New translation by Jean Barbeyrac... With the Notes of the Author himself, which had not yet appeared in French; & new Notes of the Translator. Amsterdam : Pierre de Coup, 1729. - 2 volumes in-4, tan calf, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, inner gilt roulette, gilt edges (period binding). New edition illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author, two title vignettes, and a historiated headband with the arms of George I to whom the work is dedicated. One hinge cracked, corners and headbands damaged. Some foxing.