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4°, contemporary mottled sheep (rubbed), spine richly gilt with raised bands in six compartments, citron leather lettering piece in second compartment from head with gilt short title, text-block edges sprinkled red. Engraved military vignette with Portuguese royal arms at center on title-page, engraved headpiece and initial on p. 1; engraved table on p. 53. Text clean and crisp; some plates slightly frayed at outer edges, affecting illustration only on first plate. In very good, almost fine condition. (4 ll.), xv, 291 pp., (2 ll. contents, 1 l. errata, 4 ll. for notes), 39 folding engraved plates. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this handbook on military tactics; the first two parts were never published. The engraved plates show ancient weapons (e.g., maces, halberds) and war engines, modern cannon, and military formations and maneuvers. Dias Azedo (1758-1821) rose through the ranks to become Lieutenant-General. He taught for many years at the Academia Real de Fortificação, for whose students he wrote the Compendio. In this work he used the system of orthography dictated by pronunciation that had been espoused by Verney and Theodoro de Almeida (for example, instrusao for instrucção).*** Innocêncio VI, 160; XVII, 15: does not mention the 7 leaves following p. 291. Almirante p. 236: without collation. Martins de Carvalho, Dicionário bibliográfico militar português (1976) I, 128: without mention of the 4 ll. for notes. Porbase locates a single copy, in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Not located in Jisc. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the copy cited by Porbase. Not located in NUC. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 21176
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