Alain Manesson Mallet - Les Travaux de Mars - 1672

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Alain Manesson Mallet, author and illustrator, Les Travaux de Mars, first edition in this format, Paris 1672, French, leather-bound, 271 pages, 19 x 13 cm, with copper engravings, in very good condition.

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"Mars's Works: third and final part, which treats of new developments, of instruments, and materials ... of the windage of lands ... of artillery ... of instruments, which serve either for defense or for the attack of places ... / by Allain Manesson Mallet ..."

Thema: War, Soldiers and Fortresses

Some copperplates

Printed around 1672 in Paris by Jean Hénault, active 1635 - 1673

Author: Alain Manesson Mallet (born 1630 in Paris; died 1706 in the same city) was a French cartographer and engineer.

As an engineer and fortress builder, he published Les Travaux de Mars ou l’Art de la Guerre, Paris 1671; in German Krieg ar—beit Oder Neuer Festungsbau, Amsterdam 1672.

Dimensions: 19.5 cm x 13 cm

Condition: Original leather binding, sturdy cover, binding firm, inside with title page and many copper engravings, very clean, front with a beautiful wax seal bearing a coat of arms

"Mars's Works: third and final part, which treats of new developments, of instruments, and materials ... of the windage of lands ... of artillery ... of instruments, which serve either for defense or for the attack of places ... / by Allain Manesson Mallet ..."

Thema: War, Soldiers and Fortresses

Some copperplates

Printed around 1672 in Paris by Jean Hénault, active 1635 - 1673

Author: Alain Manesson Mallet (born 1630 in Paris; died 1706 in the same city) was a French cartographer and engineer.

As an engineer and fortress builder, he published Les Travaux de Mars ou l’Art de la Guerre, Paris 1671; in German Krieg ar—beit Oder Neuer Festungsbau, Amsterdam 1672.

Dimensions: 19.5 cm x 13 cm

Condition: Original leather binding, sturdy cover, binding firm, inside with title page and many copper engravings, very clean, front with a beautiful wax seal bearing a coat of arms

Details

Number of books
1
Subject
War history
Book title
Les Travaux de Mars
Author/ Illustrator
Alain Manesson Mallet
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1672
Height
19 cm
Edition
1st Edition Thus
Width
13 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Jean Hénault Paris
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Number of pages
271
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Objects sold
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