Nouvelle fortification françoise : où il est traité de la construction des places, ensemble l'explication des trois systemes du maréchal de Vauban, la manière d'ataquer & de se défendre dans les forteresses, celle de camper les armées en ligne & aux sièges, de mettre les troupes en bataille & de les faire combatre, soit en plaine, ou à la défense des retranchemens
A 1731 French treatise on fortification by Rozard, published by Jean Georg Lochner, covering the construction of fortified places and the attack and defence of fortresses for military engineers and officers. The plates are engraved plans, elevations and sections of bastions, ravelins, trenches and earthworks, drawn in fine line with hatched shading and lettered keys. A designer could take their clean geometric layouts, precise labelling and diagrammatic linework as a model for technical plans and schematic maps.




































