Live auction - Lot 1059
[Militaria - Fortification]
3 illustrated vol. of "Oeuvres militaires" in various ed.
Paris
€ 300 / 400
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Lot description
8vo (text n.c.).
Uniformely bound in contemp. quarter green sheep, pink marbled paper boards, flat spines with red leather labels (spines faded, boards rubbed, corners sl. bumped). Partly uncut set.
1. Traité de la défense des places par les contre-mines [...]. Ch.-A. Jombert, 1768. (Very few spots). Ill. with 5 fold. plates. - 2. Traité de l'attaque des places. L. Cellot & Jombert, 1779. (Marg. dampst. in 1st part, sm. marg. tear in pl. 9, pl. 16 torn and soiled). Ill. with 29 fold. plates. - 3. Traité de la défense des places. Nouvelle édition, revue, rectifiée, augmentée [...] par F.P. Foissac [...]. Magimel, an III [1794/95]. (Few spots). Ill. with 10 fold. plates.