A Manual of Siegecraft and Fortification
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
