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FOSSE (CHARLES LOUIS FRANCOIS) Idées d'un militaire pour la disposition des troupes confiées aux jeunes officiers dans la défense et l'attaque des petits postes, FIRST EDITION, Paris, F.A. Didot l'Ainé chez A. Jombert, 1783
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FOSSE (CHARLES LOUIS FRANCOIS)
Idées d'un militaire pour la disposition des troupes confiées aux jeunes officiers dans la défense et l'attaque des petits postes, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 11 folding colour-printed plates tipped onto letterpress explanations, later manuscript biographical notes bound in, contemporary speckled calf, wormholes at joints, 4to, Paris, F.A. Didot l'Ainé chez A. Jombert, 1783
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Fossé, an infantry officer and mathematician, discusses the construction of fortifications, methods of attacking entrenchments, and the drawing up of military maps and charts - all illustrated with attractive colour-printed plates.
Provenance: L. Maudit, inkstamp on verso of half-title.





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