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Classic on fortification

CLAIRAC, Louis André, Le Chevalier de.
L'ingenieur de campagne, ou traité de la fortification passagere.

With 36 numbered folding engraved plates with fortifications, and engraved arms of the dedicatee, some signed by C.C. Riolet.

With 36 numbered folding engraved plates with fortifications, and engraved arms of the dedicatee, some signed by C.C. Riolet.

With 36 numbered folding engraved plates with fortifications, and engraved arms of the dedicatee, some signed by C.C. Riolet.

With 36 numbered folding engraved plates with fortifications, and engraved arms of the dedicatee, some signed by C.C. Riolet.

With 36 numbered folding engraved plates with fortifications, and engraved arms of the dedicatee, some signed by C.C. Riolet.



Seconde édition. Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1757. 4to. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and gilt, red title label lettered in gold, with the arms of the 'Hotel de l'école royale militaires' stamped in gilt on both covers, marbled endpapers, e.g. With 36 numbered folding engraved plates with fortifications, and engraved arms of the dedicatee, some signed by C.C. Riolet. (3), IV-XXIV, 248 pp.

Second edition of this classic instructional work on fortifications by Le Chevalier de Clairac  (1690-1752), military engineer and brigadier in the French army. The first edition was published by Jombert in 1749.

Very good copy with wide margins.
Jordan, 712 (first ed.); Graesse II, 190 (first ed.); Jähns III, 2731.

Related Subjects: Architecture  Fortification  France  Militaria 

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