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1968081785United States: The University Of Michigan Press 1968. Hard covers in tidy condition with a slightly rubbed dust jacket remains of a old price sticker page edges a little tanned. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The University Of Michigan Press Hardcover
196885709w142<p>Ann Arbor MI: University of Michigan 1968. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original cloth hardcover in dust jacket. Translated and with an Introduction by George A. Rothrock. Unclipped dust jacket shows some edgewear and rubbing now in archival mylar sleeve. Otherwise clean tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound copy. Numerous diagrams/illustrations. Bibliography. xiv184pp.</p> University of Michigan hardcover
1968058672Ann Arbor Michigan: University Of Michigan Press 1968. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Translated With An Introduction By George A. Rothrock. Sebastien Le Prestre De Vauban Marshall Of France Under Louis Xiv Was The Greatest Military Engineer Of The Early Modern Period And The Undisputed Master Of Siege Warfare. Previous Owners Name And Date Neatly On Top Of Half-Title Page. Very Good Harc Cover In A Ver Good Dust Jacket In A Protective Mylar Cover. This Book Was First Published In Leiden 1740 . University Of Michigan Press Hardcover
1968622j1834Ann Arbor Michigan: The University of Michigan Press. Good in Good dust jacket. 1968. First English Edition. Hardcover. "Author 1633-1707 was the greatest military engineer of the early modern period and the undisputed master of siege warfare. During a career that extended from the Fronde to the War of the Spanish Succession he developed a theory and practice of siegecratt and fortification which served as the model of warfare until the Napoleonic Era. He amplifies considerably our understanding of the French military machine during Louis XIV's reign. Explains his preference for sieges instead of field battles outlines step by step the proper conduct of sieges and defenses comments scathingly on the mistakes most frequently made in this sort of war and sums up seventeenth-century expertise in such fundamental matters as the construction of mines to blow up enemy works and the fabrication of floating bridges." - dust jacket. Translated from the 1740 French first edition. xiv 184 p. Detailed black and white illustrations. Former library copy with relatively few related markings. Average wear. Binding intact. Average wear to price-clipped dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A sound example of this fascinating manual.; 8vo . The University of Michigan Press hardcover
1942103566Chez Pierre de Hondt 1942. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. leather 17. Two volumes bound in one book both first editions. V.1 published in 1737 v.2 in 1742. Bound in leather with decorative endpapers. Many foldout charts and diagrams. Covers worn with a bare spot at the bottom of the spine. Possibly some water damage but not too bad.<br /> <br /> These are the first editions of Vauban's treatises on siegecraft and military mining. One othe most influential works on miltary technology in the 18th century. Volume one is complete with 36 plates. Most of this information was kept secret passed by hand in manuscript until his death when it was then published. Chez Pierre de Hondt hardcover
