L'Art de Lever les Plans ....

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  • Full contemporary calf.
  • Paris: ... Firmin Didot, 1792
By Dupain de Montesson, [Louis Charles] - SURVEYING - MAP MAKING
Paris: ... Firmin Didot, 1792. Third Revised Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. Very good; some wear to the binding.. 8vo, xvi, [1] - 272 pp. + 5 folding tables + 6 engraved folding plates + frontispiece.

Indicative of the growing professionalism of the officer corps of European armies Dupain de Montesson's book informs and advises readers of all the technology and science of map making and terrain calculations. The book, in print since the 1760s, underwent considerable revision with each edition.

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Title

L'Art de Lever les Plans ....

Author

Dupain de Montesson, [Louis Charles] - SURVEYING - MAP MAKING

Binding

Full contemporary calf.

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

... Firmin Didot: Paris

Date

1792

Edition

Third Revised Edition.


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