Full contemporary calf.
1804 · Paris
by Dupain de Montesson, [Louis Charles ]; (Verkaven, J J ed.)
Paris: Chez Barrois, 1804. Later Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. Good.. 8vo. There is one fldg. table; 9 fldg. engraved plates.
A later prtg. of a standard 18th century work but revealing the progress toward a formally educated officer corps. This edition adds three engraved plates of complex surveying instruments. The text has been entirely re-worked by the editor, Verkaven, who was not an officer but an instructor in mathematics. The text is concerned with problems that are complex and are not intuitive. Verkaven's appointment as editor was the endorsement of a modern engineering corps that most armies in the field have come to depend for their survival. (Inventory #: 4650)
A later prtg. of a standard 18th century work but revealing the progress toward a formally educated officer corps. This edition adds three engraved plates of complex surveying instruments. The text has been entirely re-worked by the editor, Verkaven, who was not an officer but an instructor in mathematics. The text is concerned with problems that are complex and are not intuitive. Verkaven's appointment as editor was the endorsement of a modern engineering corps that most armies in the field have come to depend for their survival. (Inventory #: 4650)