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Vauban, (Sébastien le Prestre de). Traité de l’attaque et de la défense des places.

With 36 engr. folding plates. 345 pp., 1 leaf publisher’s advertisements. 8vo. Contemp. calf over 5 raised bands with red spine label. – La Haye, Pierre de Hondt, 1742.

Second edition in octavo of Maréchal de Vauban’s (1633-1707) treatise on military attack and defense. Vauban was fortification engineer to King Louis XIV. His treatise, written in 1706 for the Duc de Bourgogne, was first published in quarto in 1737 by Hondt. The present first part is sometimes followed by a second part „contenant un traité pratique des mines“, which is not present here. – Boards somewhat rubbed. Clean copy, complete with all plates required. – Best.-Nr. 27193