History by Polybius. Volume I. French edition translated from Greek by Dom Vincent Thuillier. Comments of military science enriched with critical and historical notes by M. De Folard. Paris, chez Pierre Gandouin, Julien-Michel Gandouin, Pierre-Francois Giffart and Nicolas-Pierre Armand, 1727. Printing by Jean-Baptiste Lamesle. Portrait of Claude le Blanc (1669-1728). French royal official and Secretary of State for War. Engraving, detail. Later colouration.