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[Fortification de campagne].

Abstract:
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).
Date:
1775
Identifier:
9937515593503681; (OCoLC)ocn155927454; (OCoLC)155927454; (PU)3751559-penndb-Voyager; (CStRLIN)PAUR05-B10008
Language:
French
Provenance:
Purchased in 1966.
Publisher:
[France], [between 1775 and 1779]
Subject:
Fortification -- Early works to 1800.; Military architecture.; Military architecture -- Early works to 1800.; Fortification.; Manuscripts, European.; Diagrams.; Tables (documents); Treatises.; Manuscripts, French.; Codices.
Form/Genre:
Manuscripts
Physical Description:
65 leaves : paper; 177 x 101 (147 x 82) mm bound to 182 x 112 mm
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Notes:
Title from spine.; Binding: Contemporary calf (Hirsch).; Ms. codex.; 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.; Origin: Written in France in the late 18th century.; French.
Physical Location:
Ms. Codex 995