"On The Attack And Defense Of Fortresses By Marshal Vauban, Vol. 1, Octavo, Ill. 1743"
A beautiful octavo volume, bound in mottled blond glazed calf, spine with raised bands decorated with gilt tools in the compartments with a rosette (Dutch style), red morocco title, marbled endpapers, red edges, two-color title, adorned with eleven beautiful folding plates, presented as volume two but an independent work: "On the Attack and Defense of Fortifications, by Marshal Vauban, containing a Practical Treatise on Mines, by the same author, and another on War in General, by a Distinguished Officer. New Edition, more correct than the previous one, and enriched with several new and instructive notes. At The Hague. At Pierre de Hondt's. 1743."