Mine à six Chambres et a un seul foyer, faite à la démolition de Nancy en 1663 sous la Courtine entre les Bastions de Dannemark et le Duc: l'effet de la Mine abattit totalement les deux revetemens et la voute en même tems. [Six-chambered mines]

Subject

Six-chambered mines used in the demolition of Nancy in 1663. 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

1983.047.017a

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 19 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 15 3/4

Storage

c03d10