Cinquieme Exemple: Attaque d'une place environnée de marais et qu'on ne peut aborder que par des digues ou par des chaussées. [Fifth example: attacks from a position surrounded by marsh and which one can reach only by banks or causeways.]
Subject
Attacks from a position surrounded by marsh and which one can reach only by banks or causeways. 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
1983.047.023
Condition
Fair-Good. Much water staining, 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 28 from Vauban's atlas, "D'Attaque et de la défense des places, " Vol. 1, "Attaque des places," published 1828-29.
Size
6 1/8 x 8 1/8
Storage
c03d10