Plan et Profil d'une descente de Fossé sec par dessous le chemin couvert. [Plan and profile of a descent from a dry moat under a covered road.]

Subject

Plan and profile of a descent from a dry moat under a covered road. 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

1983.047.011

Condition

Fair-Good. Much water staining, light foxing. Insect damage. Paper loss, upper right quadrant, and along right 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.

Notes

Plate 11 from Vauban's atlas, "D'Attaque et de la défense des places, " Vol. 1, "Attaque des places," published 1828-29.

Size

6 x 13 7/8

Storage

c03d10