1685 Illustrated Art of WAR Military Fortification Engineering Travaux de Mars

1685 Illustrated Art of WAR Military Fortification Engineering Travaux de Mars

Alain Manesson Mallet was an important 17^th-century French cartographer and engineer who published a number of works on architecture and warfare. His most famous work ‘Les Travaux des Mars’ was an interesting treatise in which Mallet appears to have written two distinct works and published them under one title. Published in three volumes, the first two (which are entirely independent of the third) are concerned with an analysis of the architecture and engineering of many European cities, focusing special attention to fortifications and geometrical elements of city walls, which is depicted by over 350 fascinating full-page engravings. Cities include Douay, Arras, Lisbon, Brest, Barcelona, La Rochelle, Landrecy, and Geneva. Each tome is illustrated with depictions of the fortifications.

Item number: #25484

Price: $1950

MALLET, Allain Manesson

Les Travaux de Mars, ou l’Art de la guerre, divisé en trois parti es : la première enseigne la méthode de fortifier tout es sortes de places régulières et irrégulières

Paris : D. Thierry, 1685.

Details:

• Collation: 3 volumes
  • I – [24], 363 (i.e., 375), [5]
    • 144 engravings
  • II – [10], 341 (i.e., 343), [3]
    • 106 engravings
  • III – [10], 387, [9]
    • 115 engravings
  • 350+ illustrations throughout
• Provenance: Handwritten – [Jacques Simon]
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~8.75in X 5.75in (22cm x 15cm)
• Very rare and desirable

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