140 - NOIZET DE SAINT PAUL (Gaspard). Elements of Fortification for the Use of Army General Staff Officers (...). Paris, Barrois l'Ainé, 1811. 2 volumes in-8 (one volume of text and one volume of plates), contemporary veal leather with natural grain, smooth spine with decorative lettering, gilt frieze framing the covers, all edges gilt. VII, 806 pp.; 71 pl. One cap damaged, some skin wear, scattered foxing.

NOIZET DE SAINT PAUL (Gaspard). Elements of Fortification for the Use of Army General Staff Officers (...). Paris, Barrois l'Ainé, 1811. 2 volumes in-8 (one volume of text and one volume of plates), contemporary veal leather with natural grain, smooth spine with decorative lettering, gilt frieze framing the covers, all edges gilt. VII, 806 pp.; 71 pl. One cap damaged, some skin wear, scattered foxing. Complete first edition with all 71 folded plates depicting plans, profiles, defensive structures, and various fortification systems. Jean-François-Gaspard Noizet de Saint-Paul (1749–1837), a military engineer, was also the author of a *Complete Treatise on Fortification*, which was reprinted several times. His works were among the leading French reference manuals on military architecture at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.