VAUBAN.De l'Attaque et de la Défense des places. A la Haye, - Lot 201

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VAUBAN.De l'Attaque et de la Défense des places. A la Haye, - Lot 201
VAUBAN.De l'Attaque et de la Défense des places. A la Haye, Pierre de Hondt, 1737. Small square folio (28 x 21 cm), (8) ff. 216 pp. 36 plates. Contemporary marbled fawn calf, ribbed spine, red morocco title-piece, decorative fleurons and double gilt fillet, gilt roulette on the edges, red edges (tail cap missing and head cap worn, stain on lower cover, rubbed edges and corners, slightly oxidized leaves). Posthumous first edition of the most famous treatise on poliorcetics of the Ancien Régime. With a title page printed in black and red, a preface, the table of chapters and two sections of text, the first devoted to the attack and the second to the defense of places. Illustrated with 36 copper-engraved folding plates in black, including numerous captioned plans of attack. Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707), military engineer and marshal of France, was commissioner general of fortifications (1678) then lieutenant general of the kingdom (1688), a title to which his marquis dignity was attached. He designed or redesigned over a hundred strongholds, as well as various ports, canals and engineering structures, including the Maintenon aqueduct, and successfully led numerous sieges. His designs left an indelible mark on the engineering and history of fortified towns. Provenances: handwritten ex libris on title page with signature on title and pp.1. Graesse, VI, 266.
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