BELIDOR, Bernard Forest de. La science des ingenieurs dans la conduite des travaux de fortification et d'architecture civile, Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1739. 4° (284 x 211mm.), engraved frontispiece, 53 engraved plates, all but 2 folding and 2 in letterpress (light marginal browning, lightly spotted), contemporary calf (rebacked, worn).

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BELIDOR, Bernard Forest de. La science des ingenieurs dans la conduite des travaux de fortification et d'architecture civile, Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1739. 4° (284 x 211mm.), engraved frontispiece, 53 engraved plates, all but 2 folding and 2 in letterpress (light marginal browning, lightly spotted), contemporary calf (rebacked, worn).

First published in 1729, Belidor's treatise deals mainly with the erection and reduction of fortifications.