Attaques Régulières, la tranchée ouverte à la demi portée du canon, à la faveur de quelque montagne ou rideau. [Regular attacks, the open trench at half range of canon, under cover of some mountain or screen.]

Subject

Preferred attack plans. 180 degree trench view from a fort. Vauban was military engineer during the reign of Louis XIV. Theoretical French military plans for equipment, strategies, and offensive and defensive fortifications on different terrains.

Date

1675 (historical)

Mapmaker

Vauban, Sébastien Le Prestre de

Publisher

Anselin

Place of Publication

Paris

Accession Number

1983.047.013a

Condition

Fair-Good. Water stains, light foxing.

Curatorial Notes

Plate 13, 23, 29 from Vol. 1 not extant in collection. Other plates, including those from Volume 2, "Défese des places," located 1983.047.001-42.

Notes

Plate 14 from Vauban's atlas, "D'Attaque et de la défense des places, " Vol. 1, "Attaque des places," published 1828-29.

Size

6 x 9 3/8

Storage

c03d10