Tratado Teorico y Practico de Fortification Pasajera, y del Ataque y Defensa de los Puestos de Campaña..
by Serrano, José Ignacio
- Used
- Condition
- About very good.
- Seller
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Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States
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About This Item
Mexico City, 1854. About very good.. xxi,381,[1]pp., plus eleven folding plates. Contemporary quarter sheep and marbled boards, spine gilt. Light wear to edges, hinges, and spine ends; boards rubbed. Contemporary ownership inscription on first leaf of text. Light toning, scattered foxing. A couple of short, marginal tears and separations along old folds to plates. Uncommon treatise on fortifications, their assault, and defense, originally published in French and ordered to be translated into Spanish by Santa Anna for the use of the Mexican military in the mid-1850s. Jose Ignacio Serrano, an army colonel tasked with producing the text, was also responsible for the translation of several other French military and legal works for Mexican editions during the 1850s. The well executed plates at the rear of the volume contain schematics for fortification design and illustrations of defensive positions.
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- Bookseller
- McBride Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2977
- Title
- Tratado Teorico y Practico de Fortification Pasajera, y del Ataque y Defensa de los Puestos de Campaña..
- Author
- Serrano, José Ignacio
- Book Condition
- Used - About very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Mexico City
- Date Published
- 1854
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