[BRIALMONT (Capitaine Henri-Alexis)]

Résumé d'Études sur les Principes Généraux de la Fortification des Grands Pivots Stratégiques.

INSCRIBED BY BRIALMONT

Application a la Place d’Anvers. Extrait du Journal de l’Armée. Large folding plate at the rear. Very good indeed in the original printed yellow paper wraps, just a little rubbed. [iv], 56pp. Imprimerie de E. Guyot et Stapleaux Fils, Brussels, 1856.

£200.00

Scarce, no copies listed on OCLC or RLIN, KVK locates only one copy in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.

Brialmont was to surround Antwerp with a ring of concrete fortifications, this is an early study of the principals of fortification with reference to the city. This copy inscribed on the half-title, “A M. le Général Renard, hommage de l’auteur, Brialmont” and additionally signed on the title page.

Stock No.
87435