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Fortification, fortresses, Vauban, Atlantic Wall, World War II, lighthouses. Lot of 65 volumes.

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Fortification, fortresses, Vauban, Atlantic Wall, World War II, lighthouses. Lot of 65 volumes.

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GERMANY. Set of various medals, 2nd Class Loyalty, Wehrmacht Veteran, Atlantic Wall, "für deutsche Volkspflege" etc. 5 pieces. ABE

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[MILITARY ARCHITECTURE] Louis de CORMONTAIGNE - Architecture militaire ou l'art de fortifier By Jean Neaulme and Moetjens in The Hague, 1742 - A very fine copy of the first edition of this rare architectural work, which was later largely plagiarized by Bardet de Villeneuve. This work teaches in a short and easy way the construction of all kinds of regular and irregular fortifications; two new systems for building, with much less expense, places with a longer and more advantageous defense than those fortified according to the system of M. le Maréchal de Vauban; and their attacks to know their defense. La construction des chemins-couverts sur toutes sortes de terrains ; avec les devis nécessaires pour celle des fortifications ; et l'art de dessiner et laver les plans. Complete with 40 intaglio folding plates, plus a treatise on the art of war. Bound in full calf leather, with five-ribbed spine and ornate boxes, red morocco title-piece. The binding has been skilfully restored to the nerves, some of the boxes and the corners. Barbier N°1272 (2nd edition) Provenance: Leiber's bookshop, rue de Seine, 13, Paris, with label on front cover.

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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

Vauban, (Jacques-Anne-Joseph Le Prestre de) - Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de la guerre de la Vendée. Paris, Maison de commission en librairie 1806. In-8° Bradel paper boards, false title, title, 454 pp. 1 ff. Attributed to the Comte de Vauban by Barbier, these memoirs were extensively revised by Alphonse de Beauchamp, according to Quérard. Quérard X, 70. Fierro, 1440. Good condition.

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