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NOIZET DE SAINT PAUL (Gaspard).
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140
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NOIZET DE SAINT PAUL (Gaspard).
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
NOIZET DE SAINT PAUL (Gaspard). Elements of Fortification for the Use of Army General Staff Officers (...). Paris, Barrois l’Ainé, 1811. 2 volumes in-8 (one volume of text and one volume of plates), contemporary veal leather with natural grain, plain spine with decoration, gilt frieze framing the covers, all edges gilt. VII, 806 pp.; 71 plates. One cap damaged, some scuffing, scattered foxing.
Complete first edition with all 71 folded plates depicting plans, profiles, defensive works and various fortification systems.
Jean-François-Gaspard Noizet de Saint-Paul (1749–1837), a military engineer, was also the author of a *Complete Treatise on Fortification*, which was reprinted several times. His works were among the leading French reference manuals on military architecture at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.
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About the sale
Antique and modern books: catalogued sale
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Auction time
11/14/2026 at 10:30 AM
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