Dictionnaire militaire : ou, Recueil alphabétique de tous les termes propres à la guerre
A French-language military dictionary compiled by François-Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnaye-Desbois, printed at Dresden by G.C. Walther in 1751 for officers and readers of the art of war. Its woodcut headpieces and tailpieces mix rococo acanthus scrolls with trophies of arms, flags, drums and flower sprays, giving designers ready horizontal banners, dividers and small symmetrical ornaments.
