Traitté des siéges et de l'attaque des places ; Traitté de la deffense des places, between 1700 and 1707?

Vauban, Sébastien Le Prestre de, 1633-1707, Vauban, Sébastien Le Prestre de, 1633-1707. De l'attaque et de la defense des places, Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Dauphin of France, 1682-1712, Burndy Library, donor. DSI · 1700 · 2 pictures

A manuscript treatise on siege warfare and fortification compiled under Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, c. 1700, apparently prepared for the Duke of Burgundy as a teaching copy. The first plate shows a star-shaped fortress plan with trench approaches and a numbered key below, while the second shows bombardment damage and mine effects in hand-coloured sections, useful for a designer seeking historical military diagrams.

Early works to 1800 · Fortification · Military art and science · Military reconnaissance · Military engineering · Geometry

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