Quatrieme Exemple: Attaques d'une vieille place qui n'est flanquée que par des tours couvertes de déhors de terre, ou revêtus à fossés secs, ou pleins d'eau. [Attacks on an old stronghold which is flanked only by some covered towers or revetted by moats]

Subject

Attacks from an old position which is flanked only by covered towers from outside the grounds, or revetted by moats, or full of water. 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

1983.047.021

Condition

Fair-Good. Much water staining, 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 26 from Vauban's atlas, "D'Attaque et de la défense des places, " Vol. 1, "Attaque des places," published 1828-29.

Size

6 1/8 x 9 7/8

Storage

c03d10