Plan des Attaques de Menin par l'armée des Alliés au mois de Juillet 1706. [Plan of attacks on Menin by the allied armies in July, 1706.]

Subject

Plan of the attacks on Menin by the Allied armies in July, 1706. Illustration of how Vauban's techniques were applied during a batlle at Menin. Vauban (1633-1707) was a military engineer during the reign of Louis XIV who proposed theoretical French military plans for equipment, strategies, and offensive and defensive fortifications on different terrains. .

Date
1706 (historical)
Mapmaker
Vauban, Sébastien Le Prestre de
Publisher

Anselin

Place of Publication

Paris

Accession Number
1983.047.042
Condition
Fair-Good. Surface dirt. Water stains, paper loss bottom right, acdification, foxing.
Curatorial Notes

Other plates, including those from Volume 1, "Attaque des Places," located 1983.047.001-42.

Notes

Plate 16 from Vauban's atlas, "D'Attaque et de la défense des places, " Vol. 2, "Défense des Places" published 1828-29.

Size
14 1/8 x 16
Storage
c03d10