Item #13003 The Spirit of Military Institutions, by Marshal Marmont, Duke of Ragusa. Marshal Marmont, Frank Schaller, Confederate Army Colonel 22d Regiment Mississippi Infantry.
The Spirit of Military Institutions, by Marshal Marmont, Duke of Ragusa

The Spirit of Military Institutions, by Marshal Marmont, Duke of Ragusa

Translated from the Last Paris Edition (1859), and Augmented by Biographical, Historical, Topographical, and Military Notes; With a New Version of General Jomini's Celebrated Thirty-Fifth Chapter of Part I, of Treatise on Grand Military Operations by Frank Schaller Columbia: Evans and Cogswell, 1864.

Stiff wraps. 12mo. 278 pages. Stiff paper boards with title on the front cover. Black cloth spine. Covers are worn and discolored. It appears the covers are facsimiles of the original. The rest of the book is original. Light to moderate foxing to contents. Pencil inscription on the right front flyleaf reads, "Col. Samuel W Milton from the publishers." The author wrote this book during his recovery from wounds in battle. He dedicates this work to Jefferson Davis. Jefferson Davis thanks the author and calls him "a master of the art of war" on page 12. Confederate imprint.

Parrish & Willingham 4953; Confederate Hundred 60; Sabin 44651. Good. Item #13003

Price: $800.00