[Mexico]. [Military]

Las Leyes de la Guerra para los Ejercitos de Tierra.... [bound with:] Estudio Relativo a las Operaciones de Noche en Campaña. [bound with:] Los Progresos del Arte de la Guerra, por el Mayor del Ejercito Belca

Mexico: Tipografia de Gonzalo A. Esteva, 1881-1882. Three volumes in one. [16],38;v,217;190pp. Contemporary Mexican mottled calf, spine gilt, leather labels. Boards dampstained and a bit bowed; light wear to spine ends and edges. Light smoke damage at lower edge of text block. Small wormhole at upper left corner through first half of text block, not affecting text. Moderate tanning and occasional staining. Good. Item #2973

Scarce Spanish translations of European military thought and strategy, from a period during which Mexico was pushing to improve the performace of its army. The three works consist of the international laws of war as they were determed by the Institute of International Law, a French treatise on nighttime army operations, and a lengthy essay on recent developments in warmaking by the commander of the Belgian army. The laws of war were essentially the first of their kind, commissioned by the Geneva Convention of 1874. We locate only one copy of this work, at the Harvard Law Library, and none of the two lengthier works that follow.

Price: $450.00