Plan en Grand D'un Front De Fortification A Orillons. [Great plan of the front of the fortification to the Orillons.]
Sub-Title
pour faire voir toutes les commodités qu'il faut observer à l'avenir dans les Places, afin d'en rendre la défense plus facile et plus obstinée par rapport à la manière dont on attaque présentement.
[showing all the conveniences necessary to observe forever in strongholds, in order to render the defense easier with regard to the way one presently attacks.]
[showing all the conveniences necessary to observe forever in strongholds, in order to render the defense easier with regard to the way one presently attacks.]
Subject
Plan for improved fortifications using orillons. 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
1983.047.038
Condition
Fair-Good. Surface dirt. Water stain.
Curatorial Notes
Other plates, including those from Volume 1, "Attaque des Places," located 1983.047.001-42.
Notes
Plate 12 from Vauban's atlas, "D'Attaque et de la défense des places, " Vol. 2, "Défense des Places" published 1828-29.
Size
14 1/4 x 17 1/2
Storage
c03d10