A treatise of fortification : containing the antient and modern method of the construction and defense of places, and the manner of carrying on sieges, explained more at large than in any other book yet extant
1727
L2008F83 1727
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Title
A treatise of fortification : containing the antient and modern method of the construction and defense of places, and the manner of carrying on sieges, explained more at large than in any other book yet extant
Variant Title
Maniere de fortifier de Mr. de Vauban.
Edition
The second edition. to which is prefix'd a plan of Gibraltar, &c. with all its fortifications as they are at present, shewing the great strength and use of it, &c ... by H. Moll ...
Published
London : Printed and sold by J. Jackson ... and J. Worrall ..., 1727.
Language
English
French
French
Description
[6], iv, [8], 204, [8] p., 46 [i.e. 48] leaves of plates ([4] fold.) : ill., maps ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Call Number
L2008F83 1727
System Control No.
(OCoLC)11008849
Note
Translation of: Traité de fortification : contenant les methodes anciennes & modernes pour la construction & la deffense des places ...
Signatures: [(a)]4 ((a)2+chi1) (b)4 A-M8 N6 [2nd]N4.
"An account of Gibraltar, and of the surprizing conquest of it by the English and Dutch in 1704": p. [1]-iv.
"A table of the terms explain'd in the fortification": p. [205]-[211]
"An appendix, containing a true and short account of Mr. Vauban's manner of fortifying : taken from a French book publish'd by the Abbot Du Fay, with Mr. Vauban's approbation. with his new system of bastion'd towers": p. 193-204.
Bound in panelled calf with red morocco label on spine.
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 that served in the American Revolution); South Library, 1860. Blind ownership stamps with motto (Sapere Aude) on first 2 leaves, including title.
Signatures: [(a)]4 ((a)2+chi1) (b)4 A-M8 N6 [2nd]N4.
"An account of Gibraltar, and of the surprizing conquest of it by the English and Dutch in 1704": p. [1]-iv.
"A table of the terms explain'd in the fortification": p. [205]-[211]
"An appendix, containing a true and short account of Mr. Vauban's manner of fortifying : taken from a French book publish'd by the Abbot Du Fay, with Mr. Vauban's approbation. with his new system of bastion'd towers": p. 193-204.
Bound in panelled calf with red morocco label on spine.
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 that served in the American Revolution); South Library, 1860. Blind ownership stamps with motto (Sapere Aude) on first 2 leaves, including title.
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Sotheby's catalog 3494
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