Les Amusemens Militaires: Ouvrage Egalement Agreable et Instructif: Servant d\'Introduction aux Sciences qui forment les Guerriers. Avec figures en Ta

Les Amusemens Militaires: Ouvrage Egalement Agreable et Instructif: Servant d'Introduction aux Sciences qui forment les Guerriers. Avec figures en Taille-douce. Par M. Dupain, Ingenieur Geographe des Camps & Arm�es du Roi, Officier reform� au Regiment de Piedmont.

Author	(Louis Charles ) Dupain (de Montesson)
Publisher	Paris: Guillaume Desprez , 1757
Edition	1
Weight	580 gram
CF	Scarce title, we could only trace copies in Paris (4 x), G�ttingen, Bamberg, LOC and Canberra (NLA). Not in BM, nor NCC.
Keywords	fortification, vestingbouw, architectuur, belegering, siege, warfare, oorlog, military, cavalerie, cavalry, fort, bastion, rempart, artillery, mines, mortars, Mirandola, Fontenoy
Booknumber	20959
Category's	Old & Rare (18th Century) History & Archaeology (Europe) Art (Europe) Art (18th Century) History & Archaeology (18th Century) Art (Architecture) Culture History (Military) Culture History (Europe)
8-vo (12,3 x 19 cm). Pp. xxiv, 402, (2) + 6 fold. plates. Full speckled calf, spine with 5 raised bands, five compartments with richly gilt flower decorations and gilt fillets. The 6th compartment blind, without title shield. With book-mark (bit short). The author , Louis Charles Dupain de Montesson (1715? � 179?) was a cartographer, as well as a military architect, engineer and warfare scientist (Capitaine d'infanterie, Pensionnaire du Roi, et Ingenieur de ses Camps et Arm�es). The set-up of this work is a continuing conversation between several military officers during forty days on all aspects of warfare and campaigning, a.o. the construction of fortifications and the art of besieging. But the author discusses also several 18th-century battles of Mirandola in 1734, Parma, the river S�chia, Fontenoy and the French campaigns in the Low Countries in 1744 & 1748. The work is divided into 3 parts, first page of each part with a woodcut-vignette. With an index of the subjects discussed during these 40 days. A Portuguese translation of this work was published in 1762 in Lisbon. As a military architect he also wrote �L'art de lever les plans de tout ce qui a rapport � la guerre et � l'architecture civile et champ�tre�. Collation: a8, b4, A � 2B8, 2C2 Typographic title-page with woodcut-fleuron. The 6 folding copper-engravings (depicting fortifications, siege and battle plans; sizes 18 to 25 x 26,5 to 42,5 cm) strong, crispy prints, altogether with only 3 small repaired tears on folds. Flyleaves with stains, side borders of front- and back-cover damaged, upper and lower part of spine damaged, lower part of exterior front joint with 3 cm-crack and upper part of exterior back joint with 2 cm-crack, but binding solid and altogether a very good copy, complete with all engraved plates..
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Les Amusemens Militaires: Ouvrage Egalement Agreable et Instructif: Servant d'Introduction aux Sciences qui forment les Guerriers. Avec figures en Taille-douce. Par M. Dupain, Ingenieur Geographe des Camps & Arm�es du Roi, Officier reform� au Regiment de Piedmont.

(Louis Charles ) Dupain (de Montesson)