Art de la Guerre,

Superb example of Puysegur's important art of war from the library of the Russian Tsar.

This classic work on warfare balances traditional enthusiasm for models from Classical History and examples of individual bravery, with a suitable emphasis on the increasing importance of firepower and a well-deployed artillery. Part I describes the rules of formation and movement in battle, and part II puts these rules into action in an imagined battle between the Seine and the Loire.

The work was compiled by Marshal Jacques-François de Chastenet de Puységur (1656 – 1743), who served with distinction as the most experienced Marshal of Louis XIV. A lifetime of experience combined with devoted study of the classic texts on warfare went into his Art de la Guerre. His son, who also became a Marshal of France, published his father's classic on war posthumously.