Memoirs of the Duke de Villars, Marshal-General of the Armies of His Most Christian Majesty : Containing, his rise under the most famous French generals of the last age; the difficulties he met with from the Ministry; his intrigues at the Court of Bavaria; and his secret negotiations in Vienna, relating to the succession of the Spanish Monarchy. Intermix'd with a great number of military observations on the battles in which he fought. Extracted from original papers. Translated from the French.
| Author/creator | Plantavit de La Pause, Guillaume |
| Other author | Villars, Claude Louis Hector, 1653-1734. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : printed for T. Woodward in Fleetstreet, C. Davis in Pater-noster-Row, and A. Lyon in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, M DCC XXXV. [1735] |
| Description | 2 unnumbered pages, 406 pages ; 12⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Mémoires du duc de Villars. English |
| General note | Not in fact by the duc de Villars, but by the abbé de Margon, Guillaume Plantavit de la Pause. |
| General note | Perhaps translated by John Lockman, to whom Bowyer delivered copies. |
| General note | Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 1000 copies printed. |
| General note | Signatures: [A]1 B-S¹ (-S12). |
| General note | Signatures from Maslen & Lancaster. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library. |
| References | Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 2141 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, T148129. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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