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DEIDEIR - Le parfait ingénieur français ou la fortification offensive et défensive, contenant l'attaque et la défense des places régulières & irrégulières, selon les méthodes de Monsieur Vauban, & des plus habiles auteurs de l'Europe qui ont écrit sur cette science. Paris, Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1742; in-4, XVI-336 pp. + table, bound in contemporary full marbled calf, 5-rib spine, edges painted red, red morocco title-piece. One frontispiece and 50 folding plates, including a large map of Luxembourg and one of Namur. Plate 36 torn but not missing, in need of restoration. Abbé Deidier (Marseille 1698-Paris 17461) was a mathematician and professor at the La Fère artillery school. After educating Louis-Ferdinand de Croÿ, Abbé Deidier wrote Le Parfait Ingénieur français, a work on the fortification methods of, among others, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban. Initially published anonymously in Amsterdam in 1734, this work would be republished several times. Consultant : Mr. Philippe HENRY
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DEIDEIR - Le parfait ingénieur français ou la fortification offensive et défensive, contenant l'attaque et la défense des places régulières & irrégulières, selon les méthodes de Monsieur Vauban, & des plus habiles auteurs de l'Europe qui ont écrit sur cette science. Paris, Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1742; in-4, XVI-336 pp. + table, bound in contemporary full marbled calf, 5-rib spine, edges painted red, red morocco title-piece. One frontispiece and 50 folding plates, including a large map of Luxembourg and one of Namur. Plate 36 torn but not missing, in need of restoration. Abbé Deidier (Marseille 1698-Paris 17461) was a mathematician and professor at the La Fère artillery school. After educating Louis-Ferdinand de Croÿ, Abbé Deidier wrote Le Parfait Ingénieur français, a work on the fortification methods of, among others, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban. Initially published anonymously in Amsterdam in 1734, this work would be republished several times. Consultant : Mr. Philippe HENRY
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