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Nouvelle fortification françoise, espagnole, italienne & hollandoise
Chez George Gallet|à Amsterdam 1698|11 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition, rare, decorated with a frontispiece by Picart as well as 46 folding plates depicting fortification diagrams. Title page in red and black.
Contemporary full brown calf binding. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, as well as a red morocco title label. Headcaps absent, headband of the top headcap half detached. A small lack at the foot joint level. Corners bumped. Surface wear.
Practical treatise on fortification with methods of fortifying in France, Spain, Italy and Holland. The work is composed of a lexicon, practical maxims on measurements and the manner of fortifying and defending. One will note with interest in the different sections, choice of terrain, etc., the marked emphasis on geometry; this indeed seems to be the most original characteristic of this fortification treatise. One will therefore find in this work little discourse, but concrete elements of measurements and use of geometry to differentiate the methods of fortifying.
Contemporary full brown calf binding. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, as well as a red morocco title label. Headcaps absent, headband of the top headcap half detached. A small lack at the foot joint level. Corners bumped. Surface wear.
Practical treatise on fortification with methods of fortifying in France, Spain, Italy and Holland. The work is composed of a lexicon, practical maxims on measurements and the manner of fortifying and defending. One will note with interest in the different sections, choice of terrain, etc., the marked emphasis on geometry; this indeed seems to be the most original characteristic of this fortification treatise. One will therefore find in this work little discourse, but concrete elements of measurements and use of geometry to differentiate the methods of fortifying.
€800