Introduction à la fortification dediée à Monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne. [Atlas].

4to: engr. title and 91 pl. (crease in title, some sm. tears in last 2 fold. maps, occ. spotting, few light stains or browning).

Contemp. sheep, red leather title label on gilt-orn. spine with raised bands (front joint split, boards rubbed, corners bumped).

Collection of 91 maps, plans and views of Nicolas de Fer’s epic treatise on the fortifications of Europe (“Les forces de l’Europe"). Incl. engr. by L. Loisel and H. Van Loon of cities in France (Nice, Brest, St Malo etc.), the Low Countries (Antwerp, Mons, Dinant, Dendermonde, Naerden, Maastricht etc.), Germany (Juliers, Wismar, Bonn etc.), and Italy (Turin, Verue, Casal etc.) but also Switzerland (Genève), Hungary (Mongast) and some general plates on fortifications with explanations.
Ref. Pastoureau Fer IX. - Tooley II:59.
Prov. "Mauritio Rovero, barone di Tarnavaso" (old ms. entry).