MONTALEMBERT, (MARC RENE MARQUIS de).Biblio.com
MONTALEMBERT, Marc-Rene deBiblio.com
La fortification perpendiculaire ou essai sur plusieurs manieres de fortifier la ligne droite le triangle le quarré & tous les polygônes .
1776I4E9GHIH388RParis 1776. Large 4to 28 x 21 cm. Philippe-Denys Pierres Contemporary calf richly gold-tooled spine with title- and volume-label red edges. With an engraved portrait of the author as frontispiece in volume 1 and with a total of 87 folding engraved plates. 4 of 5 volumes. 8 XL 225 7; 6 XVI 322 4; 12 XL 248 2; 4 397 3 pp. First edition of a very extensive work on fortification by the French military engineer Marc-René marquis de Montalembert 1714-1800. "Viewing fortresses as nothing more than immense permanent batteries designed to pour overwhelming fire on attacking armies Montalembert simplified the intricate geometric designs of Vauban and relied on simple polygonal structures often with detached peripheral forts instead of projecting bastions. The fortifications at Anklam Stralsund Aix-en-Provence and Île d'Oléron were among his most prominent creations." Encyclopaedia Brittanica. The first volume is devoted to the origins and progress of fortification the others to the usefulness construction attack defence and other aspects of fortresses. A fifth volume with 17 folding plates added in 1784 is not included in the present set which was probably issued before it appeared.With several library- and deaccession stamps. Occasionally some minor foxing and some marginal water stains. Some plates slightly browned and a few with frayed edges. Overall in very good condition and with wide margins. Bindings somewhat rubbed some tiny wormholes but still firm and good.l Encyclopaedia Brittanica Marc-René marquis de Montalembert online; Jähns p. 1863; Jordan 2561; Sloos Warfare 08168. unknown
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