VIOLLET-LE-DUC. Annals of a Fortress.

VIOLLET-LE-DUC, E.

ANNALS OF A FORTRESS

1875, 1st Edition in English

(translated from the French by Benjamin Bucknall; London, Sampson Low, Marston Low & Searle, Fleet Street
color frontispiece plus 7 color and 4 black & white plates, 85 text illustrations, 390 pp plus ads for other books by the publisher
Hardcover, 8-7/8 x 5-7/8" (8vo), Gilt illustration on brown cloth, black titles, beveled edges, spine illustrated and titled; spine ends bumped & associated minor damage, chipping at board margins, contents clean and good

One of the greatest and most unusual books ever written on siege warfare and fortifications. In authoritative and lucid prose, Viollet-le-Duc recreates the life of a French castle from its obscure origins to its fate in the Franco-Prussian War
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