[Fortification de campagne]

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1775

Description:

Treatise on fortification including chapters such as "De la castrametation," "Du camp de l'artillerie," and "Précis de fortification." Four plates contain tables (after p. 48) and diagrams of a camp and camp buildings (3 plates inside back cover). The last section of the book is a collection of questions titled "Table interrogatoire et raisonnée de tous les objets à considerer..." (pp. 97-102).

Language:

French

Provenance:

Purchased in 1966.

Subject:

Fortification -- Early works to 1800; Fortification; Military architecture -- Early works to 1800; Military architecture

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Diagrams; Tables (documents); Treatises; Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

65 leaves : paper; 177 x 101 (147 x 82) mm bound to 182 x 112 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from spine.; Pagination: Paper, 120; 1-48, [ii], 49-68, 67-120, [xiv]; near-contemporary pagination in ink, upper center.; Layout: Frame-ruled in lead.; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Decoration: 3 folded plates inside back cover, the first containing the figures "Camp d'un Régiment d'infantrie" and "Camp d'un régiment de cavalerie"; the second showing figures concerning sight lines or trajectories from different fort layouts; and the third, highlighted with red ink, showing a plan and elevation of a fort.; Binding: Contemporary calf (Hirsch).; Origin: Written in France in the late 18th century.; French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 995