Spine title: Military fortifications. First leaf mounted, signed: C Dering fecit ... 1783. Plates illustrated with pen & ink; watercolor drawings & diagrams of fortifications and battlements. Dering was a cornet of the 16th Light Dragoons & student at Lewis Lochée's Military Academy in England; become the first commander of the New Romney fencible cavalry and later served in Parliament. Bound in marbled paper boards; spine divided in 6 compartments by raised bands with red morocco lettering.