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949 - FER, Nicolas de *Les forces de l'Europe, ou Description des principales villes avec leurs fortifications* [...]. [Introduction to Fortification]. Paris: N. de Fer, 1694. 4 (of 8) parts in 1 vol., folio, obl.: [8, incl. 2 engraved titles] ff.; 91 pl. (occasional spotting, marginal stains on the plan of Montmelian). Contemporary mottled sheepskin, spine with raised bands, red-stained edges (corners bumped, head and tail slightly damaged). The first 4 parts of Nicolas de Fer’s treatise on the fortifications of Europe (“Les forces de l’Europe”). Complete for these parts with 86 engraved plates, including some theoretical plates (with 5 engraved text leaves) and plans of cities in modern-day Belgium (Antwerp, Ath, Mons, etc.), France (Calais, Dunkirk, Montmélian, Nice, etc.), as well as the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Maastricht), Germany (Mainz, Wismar), and Italy (Turin, Valenza). Enriched with the plans of Hombourg (from the fifth part of the same work), “Plan de la bataille de Fleurus,” “L’Isle de Wight,” and “Table géografique,” all by de Fer. Ref. Pastoureau Fer IX. Prov. Rod. Kirchberguer, “officer in Tscharner” (old manuscript entry).—2 other illegible manuscript entries.
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FER, Nicolas de *Les forces de l'Europe, ou Description des principales villes avec leurs fortifications* [...]. [Introduction to Fortification]. Paris: N. de Fer, 1694. 4 (of 8) parts in 1 vol., folio, obl.: [8, incl. 2 engraved titles] ff.; 91 pl. (occasional spotting, marginal stains on the plan of Montmelian). Contemporary mottled sheepskin, spine with raised bands, red-stained edges (corners bumped, head and tail slightly damaged). The first 4 parts of Nicolas de Fer’s treatise on the fortifications of Europe (“Les forces de l’Europe”). Complete for these parts with 86 engraved plates, including some theoretical plates (with 5 engraved text leaves) and plans of cities in modern-day Belgium (Antwerp, Ath, Mons, etc.), France (Calais, Dunkirk, Montmélian, Nice, etc.), as well as the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Maastricht), Germany (Mainz, Wismar), and Italy (Turin, Valenza). Enriched with the plans of Hombourg (from the fifth part of the same work), “Plan de la bataille de Fleurus,” “L’Isle de Wight,” and “Table géografique,” all by de Fer. Ref. Pastoureau Fer IX. Prov. Rod. Kirchberguer, “officer in Tscharner” (old manuscript entry).—2 other illegible manuscript entries.
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