A set of original engravings illustrating The Military Arts. Accompanied by seven pages of notes.
Comprising:
5 plates illustrating military exercises. (See image above of figures in various poses); 15 plates illustrating military formations. (See image above showing a pattern of dots) and 18 plates illustrating fortifications (See images above showing guns, plans of fortresses, explosions etc).
French language.
From Le Recueil de Planches sur Les Sciences, Les Arts Liberaux et Les Arts Mechaniques by Alain Pons; Denis Diderot and Jean Le Rond d’Alembert
Published by Chez Braisson in 1762.
Size: 15 1/2 x 10 inches or 39 x 25.5 cms.
Condition: Near Fine. The plates are slightly tanned at the edges. There are spots of faint foxing across the surface of some and other small marks or blemishes; but they remain, in the main, surprisingly fresh given their age.
