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