Versuch über die Taktik und Strategie. Mit 17 Figuren.

Thellung von Courtlary, V. E. (Victor Emanuel). Oberlieutenant in Königl. Niederländischen Diensten.

Verlag: Leipzig, Friedr. Wilh. Vogel, 1819

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Octavo. x, 258. Plus 17 engraved illustrations on 10 folding plates tipped-in at end. Plus 2 leaves of tables bound-in. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary brown calf and matching marbled boards, gilt morocco lettering-piece, gilt decoration and ornamental fleurons to spine, old floral shape shelf-ticket to cover, old military institutional stamps to title, corner-tips worn, head of spine neatly mended, some foxing and browning in places. In a very good condition with folding plates in a rather fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Colonel Victor Emmanuel Thellung von Courtelary (1760-1842). A Swiss maritime theorist, served during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780-1784) as a First Lieutenant at the Royal Dutch navy. He later dedicated himself to the study of military theory, became a professor at the Military School in Bern, and wrote extensively on military tactics and startegy. For elaborating notes on his biography see: Jean-Jacques Langendorf: "Victor Emmanuel Thellung de Courtelary: un théoricien maritime suisse du début du XIXe siècle", in Hervé Coutau-Bégarie (Ed.): "L'Évolution de la pensée navale" vol. vii, (1999). See also: Beatrice Heuser: "The Evolution of Strategy: Thinking War from Antiquity to the Present" (2010). I-2 OUT. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6602

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Titel: Versuch über die Taktik und Strategie. Mit ...

Verlag: Leipzig, Friedr. Wilh. Vogel

Erscheinungsdatum: 1819

Einband: Hardcover

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