Glacis. [Sloping bank of earth in front of a covered fort entrance.]
Subject
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. 1. plan of a descent from a moat 2. entrance to subalterranean corridor 3. exit to a dry moat 4. descent from the entrance 5. entrance from the descent 6. entrance over moat filled with water
Date
1675 (historical)
Mapmaker
Vauban, Sébastien Le Prestre de
Publisher
Anselin
Place of Publication
Paris
Accession Number
1983.047.012
Condition
Fair-Good. Much water staining, light foxing. Some paper loss lower margin.
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.
Insets
1. plan of a descent from a moat 2. entrance to subterranean corridor 3. exit to a dry moat 4. descent from the entrance 5. entrance from the descent 6. entrance over moat filled with water
Notes
Plate 12 from Vauban's atlas, "D'Attaque et de la défense des places, " Vol. 1, "Attaque des places," published 1828-29.
Size
6 1/4 x 16 1/2
Storage
c03d10