December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
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Noizet de Saint Paul, Gaspard. "Traite Complet De Fortification, Ouvrage Utile Aux Jeunes Militaires Et Mis a La Portee De Tout Le Monde." Paris: Barrois l'aine, 1817. 502 pp.; ii, 280 pp. 8vo. 71 plates. Extremely rare 3rd Edition, "reviewed, corrected and enlarged." Modern hardbound with leather and gilt spines and new endpapers, over the original publisher's marbled paper covers, which have vols. 1 and 2 bound together, and the plates bound separately, which are listed as a 3 volume set in the modern binding. Original front endpaper inscribed in French: "From the library of Czar Alexandre Pavlovich" [Czar Alexander I (1777-1825)]. First published in 1792 and republished in 1806, this post-Waterloo third edition encompasses new techniques and practices developed and observed during Napoleon's campaigns through Europe. CONDITION: Very good, the contents clean, bright and complete, with some scattered light pencil marks (mostly short lines to highlight passages) in the margins.