Traité de fortification, contenant les methodes anciennes et modernes pour la construction & la deffense des places [...].

8vo: [22]-256 pp. (some min. soiling, some tiny wormtracks in blank margins near the end, front. missing).

Contemp. calf (corners sl. rubbed and bumped), gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands (head and tail def., joints starting to split).

First edition of this popular reference work on fortification by the French mathematician J. Ozanam (1640-1717). Ill. with 44 full-page engr. pl. of fortifications. Title in red & black.
Ref. Poggendorff II:341. - Sloos (Warfare) 8066. - BnF. - COPAC.