La Science des Ingenieurs dans la Conduite des Travaux de Fortification et d'architecture Civile

Bernard Forest de Belidor; Jacques Rigaud

 Paris : Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1739

[The Art of War : French Military Engineering, Fortification Building] Quarto, 29 x 22.5 cm.  Bound in contemporary mottled calf, recased with modern spine leather.  Solid binding and cover. All edges dyed red. Marbled end sheets. Collated: [16], 80, 64, 96, 104, 80, 80, [8] p.  Illustrated with 53 copper engravings, 51 folding.  Contents generally clean, with occasional spotting.  The work consists of 6 books with separate pagination: I. The theory of masonry. 80 pp., 3 plates.; II. The mechanics of the vaults. 64 pp., 3 pl.; III. Construction work. 96 pp., 5 pl.; IV. Military buildings. 104 pp., 25 pl.; V. Decoration. 80 pp., 15 pl.; VI. How to make quotes. 80 pp., 2 pl.; Chapters 7 and 8 of Book III contain extracts from Vauban. 

Armorial bookplate, "Bibliotheque de Mr Em. Mancel."  Gustave-Emile Mancel (1831-1909), son of Eugene and Eulalie-Rose ROZY de LA GOUVRIERE.  Maritime commissioner at Dunkirk 1886, commissioner at Le Havre 1888.  Brittany - Flanders -Burgundy.  Third edition, first published in 1729 and in 1734.  Refs: Brunet I-740; Berlin II-3540; L'art de la guerre [Cat. expo]. Namur, Bibl. Plantin, 1999, pp. 173-175.