Deuxieme Exemple: Attaque d'un ouvrage à corne, érigé sur une courtine. [Second example: attack from a corner bastion erected on a wall.]

Subject

Attacks from a corner bastion erected on a wall. 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

1983.047.019

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 22 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 3/8

Storage

c03d10