CARNOT, Lazare. On the defense of the strongholds.... Lot 24

CARNOT, Lazare. On the defense of the strongholds. Third edition. Paris, Veuve Courcier, 1812. In-4° of xxxix, 1 bl, 616 pp. 11 plates at the end mounted on tabs (one of which is folding). [Mémoire sur la fortification primitive pour servir de suite au Traité de la défense des places fortes. Paris, Bachelier, 1823. xxxvi, 51 pp. 2 folding plates at the end. Contemporary full brown basane, romantic long spine, red calf title-pieces (damaged), gilt roulette on the edges, lemon edges. The most complete edition. Enriched with NAPOLEON. Notes on the fortification dictated by Napoleon in Saint Helena. Paris and Nancy, Berger-Levrault Cie, 1897. Booklet in-8° of 20 pp. Sewn, gray cover. Offprint from the Revue du Génie militaire, July 1897.