'General view of fortification', a treatise based partly on the work of seventeenth-century French authorities, such as the Comte de Pagan, the Chevalier de Ville and the Maréchal de Vauban.
Item
Identifier: MS.10690
Scope and Contents
The treatise contains numerous diagrams. The manuscript is undated, but there is a note by an eighteenth-century owner inside the front cover: 'Wrote in ye year 1738'.
Dates
- Creation: [?1738.]
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
21 Leaves ; Octavo.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
21 folios.
Custodial History
Contains bookplates of Andrew Lumisden and a member of the Howard family.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought (with MS.10691), Sotheby's, 22 July 1963, lot 103.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk