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L'école de la fortification, ou les élémens de la fortification permanente, reguliere et irréguliere, mis dans un ordre plus méthodique, qu'il ne s'est pratique jusqu'a présent, pour servir de suite à la Science des Ingenieurs, de M. Belidor
by Joseph de Fallois
- Used
- fair
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Dresde: George Conrad Walther, 1768. First edition. Full Leather. Fair. XVIII, 252 pp. 2 tables at p 54 and 69.Bound in contemporary brown calf. Title page with engraved vignette. Lacking 3 of the 20 fold-out plates (Planche 7, 9, 20) in rear depicting diagrams and plans of fortifications. Outer hinges of binding are cracked but holding. Wear to corners. Some scattered foxing. Some edgewear ot the fold out plates, but not tearing.
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- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56148
- Title
- L'école de la fortification, ou les élémens de la fortification permanente, reguliere et irréguliere, mis dans un ordre plus méthodique, qu'il ne s'est pratique jusqu'a présent, pour servir de suite à la Science des Ingenieurs, de M. Belidor
- Author
- Joseph de Fallois
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- George Conrad Walther
- Place of Publication
- Dresde
- Date Published
- 1768
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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