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39 - CORMONTAIGNE, Louis de (1696–1752).
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CORMONTAIGNE, Louis de (1696–1752). Manuscript, Memoirs on Fortifications, 1743; 256 and 77 folio-sized pages in 11 quires and a bundle of 4 quires, bound with blue ribbons, plus 54 plates, most of which are fold-out and watercolored. An important collection accompanied by drawn and watercolor-illustrated plans. This manuscript is divided into two parts, plus a third Memoir “on lunettes,” dated Metz, December 31, 1743; it is written in beautiful, neat handwriting that is very legible. Each notebook bears the signature of Chevalier de PERTHUIS and the date 1776 (1777 for the last notebooks). The manuscript is accompanied by a collection of 60 plates that illustrate it, most of which are watercolored and fold-out (approximately 39 x 46 cm): plans of bastions and fortifications, including the forts and strongholds of Fort-Louis du Rhin, Kehl, Bergues, Huningue, Lille, Arras, Strasbourg, Metz, Douai, Aire, Sarre Louis, Phalsbourg, Longwy, Luxembourg, Maubeuge, Frankendal, Sélestat, Menin, Toul, and Freiburg im Breisgau (sheets 32, 41, 43, 44, 46, 53, and 54 are missing). Attached are 12 additional plates, including, notably, the plans of the forts at Maubeuge, Toul, Freiburg, and Longwy
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