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LEME (Luís da Câmara). ELEMENTOS da Arte Militar. Lisboa. 1874-1879. - LEME (Luís da Câmara) ELEMENTOS da Arte Militar . Pelo Major do Corpo do Estado Maior [...], Precedidos de um Juízo Crítico pelo Excellentisismo Senhor José Maria Latino Coelho. 2.ª edição, revista e consideravelmente augmentada. Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1874-1879. 2 v., 386, [2] pp. e 500 pp., 5 est.: il.; 210 mm. D. Luís da Câmara Leme (1819-1904) was a retired Major General, a member of the King's Council, Minister of State, Peer of the Realm, Member of Parliament, etc. He graduated with distinction from the Army School in 1844 and served under the Duke of Saldanha, a friend to whom he dedicates this work. It was during his government that D. Luís da Câmara Leme was Minister, in charge of the Navy portfolio. This work, preceded by a Critical Review by Latino Coelho, was well received both in Portugal and in Brazil, a country that acquired the necessary copies to distribute to army officers. Illustrated in the text and separately in the second volume. Rare. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate ¶ Inoc., v.13, p.355