Elements of fortification: techniques, systems and plans by famous 18th-century engineers
FORTIFICATION. Guillaume Le Blond (1704-1781): Elémens de Fortification. Contenant la construction raisonnée des ouvrages de la Fortification ; les Systèmes des plus célèbres Ingénieurs ; la Fortification irrégulière, etc.
A Paris chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1764.
In-8, full contemporary speckled fawn calf, 5-rib spine (rubbed) with ornate boxes.
5. edition "augmented with a detailed explanation of M. de Coëhorn's fortifications, the construction of redoubts, field forts, etc. and a plan of the various instructions for a military school". Complete with 31 plates containing 37 figures, grouped together at the end of the volume.
Also includes an important alphabetical and reasoned table of contents and an abridged dictionary of fortification terms.
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