LEFEBVRE (Mr. [Simon])
Oeuvres Completes de Mr. Le Febvre.
Jähns 2779. A scarce item, RLIN locates only the California State Library copy, OCLC the Society of the Cincinatti copy, and KVK that at John Rylands, no copy in the BL or apparently on NUC.
Volume I is entitled “L’Art d’Attaquer et de Défendre les Places” and contains in its latter part a “Journal du Siege de la Ville de Schweidnitz en l’An 1762”. From the title and form of this account it seems likely that Le Febvre was present at the siege of the town, now Schwidnica in Poland. Frederick the Great succeeded in manoeuvring Daun from his commanding position on the Waldenburg Hills and established a siege - “… better described as a blockade… “ - which reduced the town on October 9th 1762.
Volume II has sections separately titled of “Essai sur les Mines”; “Recueil de quelques Pieces et Lettres relatives aux Épreuves du Globe de Compression”; and “Essai sur la Maniere de Faire les Cartes.” The maps of Canada are attached to the latter section.