Brown long-grained morocco gusseted portfolio, iron-marked at the corners and centered with the owner's name Seguenot / Commissaire des Guerres / 1772 ", the flap in accolade, opening with steel hardware (with key). Inside in green morocco gilt with neoclassical friezes and a semi of flowers. Wear and tear. France, second half of the 18th century, circa 1772. H. 34 cm. L.: 48.5 cm. D. : 6 cm. Provenance : - Sieur Seguenot, Commissaire des Guerres at the end of the 18th century. Literature A certain "Seguenot, Commissaire des Guerres" is quoted in Le Moniteur Universel, p. 501, in 'Lettre du Commandant provisoire des troupes de la république sur les frontières du Valais', Salanches, August 18, 1793: "We owe much to the valor of citoyen Dabant, commander of the 5th battalion of Rhône-et-Loire, who, at the head of the column, showed the greatest courage. Perfectly assisted by citoyen Seguenot, commissaire des guerres, we hasten to do him justice". Seguenot, Commissaire des Guerres, is also mentioned in the Almanach Impérial for 1810, in chapter VIII on Military Organization, section IV "Inspecteurs aux Revues et Commissaires des Guerres": "Monsieur Seguenot is appointed to the Commissaires des Guerres de Seconde Classe.