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AN ESSAY ON THE MODERN SYSTEM OF FORTIFICATION ADOPTED FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE RHINE FRONTIER...

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Book Description

AN ESSAY ON THE MODERN SYSTEM OF FORTIFICATION ADOPTED FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE RHINE FRONTIER, AND FOLLOWED IN A GREATER OR LESS DEGREE IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL WORKS OF THE KIND NOW CONSTRUCTED ON THE CONTINENT, EXEMPLIFIED IN A COPIOUS MEMOIR ON THE FORTRESS OF COBLENZ, AND ILLUSTRATED BY PLANS AND SECTIONS OF THE WORKS AT THAT PLACE. Five folding plates, complete.
Dealer Notes
Scarce. OCLC locates 10 copies US, 1 Canada, 3 UK (BL, Cam, NLS), 5 Europe, 1 South Africa.
Author Lieut.-Colonel I. H. Humfrey.
Date 1838
Binding black calf, gilt decorations, ornamental gilt and blind-stamped boards with an image of Chester Cathedral in gilt on both covers.
Publisher John Weale, London
Condition Two blank leaves torn from the front, otherwise very good.
Pages 39

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