Dec 14, 2006 - Sale 2098

Sale 2098 - Lot 21

Price Realized: $ 3,360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
FER, NICOLAS de. Introduction à la Fortification. 182 (of 188) etched plates, comprising 18 (of 20) preliminaries and 164 (of 168) plans and views of fortified cities and towns. Oblong folio, 19th-century 1/2 calf, rebacked, quite worn, front joint cracked; contents toned, marginal dampstaining toward end, plate list soiled and creased, with later marginalia, bound before pictorial title, upper outer corner torn off plates of Toulon, Grenoble, St. Esprit, Verceil, and Veüe de Verue, causing image loss to the last 2. Paris: chez l'Autheur, 1705

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Lacks 9 plates (St. Malo, Environs de St. Malo, Gravelines, Nieuport, Combat de Leuse, Liège, Camp de Weil, and Civita Vecchia), but has 5 (Aire, Hesdin, Menin, Batavia, and Quebec) not called for in the plate list.