Plans Supérieurs [Above ground plans]
Sub-Title
de deux Bastions retranchés dans leurs gorges pour faire voir la figure la plus avantageuse qu'on puisse donner à ces retranchemens, ensorte qu'ils ne nuisent point à la grandeur ni à l'usage des flancs; ces retranchemens supposés faits en même tems que le corps de la place, revêtus et terrassés de même.
[Above-ground plans for two entrenched bastions in the opening showing the most advantageous form that can be given to these entrenchements, constructed in such a way that they do not damage to the height or the use of flanks; these entrenchements made simultaneously with the main part of the stronghold, and are revetted and banked at the same time.]
[Above-ground plans for two entrenched bastions in the opening showing the most advantageous form that can be given to these entrenchements, constructed in such a way that they do not damage to the height or the use of flanks; these entrenchements made simultaneously with the main part of the stronghold, and are revetted and banked at the same time.]
Subject
Entrenched bastions with optimal height and flanks. 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
1983.047.036a
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 9 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 17 3/4
Storage
c03d10