Nouvelle manière de defendre et de fortifier les places irregulières à l'usage de ceux qui ne sont pas geomètres

Nouvelle manière de defendre et de fortifier les places irregulières à l'usage de ceux qui ne sont pas geomètres

Neue Methode, irregulare Festungen zu vertheidigen

A Francfort sur le Meyn : Chez Henry-Louis Broenner, Imprimeur-libraire, 1767.

2 pts. in 1 v. ([10], 196 p., [6] folded leaves of plates) : ill. ; 26 cm. (4to)

L2008F110 1767

(OCoLC)07410600

Title in red and black with engraved vignette.
Also published in German: Neue Methode, irregulare Festungen zu vertheidigen.
Second part has separate half title.
Signatures: pi2+chi1 )(2 A-2A4 2B2.
Pt. 1: plates no. 1-2 & 3-4 on each single folded sheet.
Errata: p. 196.
Bound in calf; spine elaborately gilt with red morocco label.
Contents: Pt. 1. De la defense des places -- pt. 2. De la fortification des places irregulieres.
Armorial bookplates with motto (Sapere Aude): Militar. collection of the Hon. Lt. Genl. G.L. Parker (2nd son of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield & Colonel of the 20th Foot Regiment during the 1776 Canadian and 1777 Saratoga campaigns); South Library, 1860. Blind ownership stamps with motto (Sapere Aude) on first 3 leaves, including title.

Sotheby's catalog 3496

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