De l'Attaque et de la Defense des Places, 2 vol.
Chez Pierre de Hondt, 1942. Hardcover. leather 17. Very good / No jacket. Item #103566
Two volumes bound in one book, both first editions. V.1 published in 1737, v.2 in 1742. Bound in leather with decorative endpapers. Many foldout charts and diagrams. Covers worn, with a bare spot at the bottom of the spine. Possibly some water damage, but not too bad.
These are the first editions of Vauban's treatises on siegecraft and military mining. One othe most influential works on miltary technology in the 18th century. Volume one is complete with 36 plates. Most of this information was kept secret, passed by hand in manuscript, until his death when it was then published.
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