LE BLOND (Guillaume). - Lot 15

LE BLOND (Guillaume). Elemens de fortification, contenant La construction raisonnée de tous les ouvrages de la Fortification ; les Systêmes des plus célebres Ingénieurs ; la Fortification irrégulière, &c. Paris : Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1764. -In-8, marbled havana calf, ornate ribbed spine, red edges (period binding). Fifth edition of this work by Guillaume Le Blond (1704-1781), engineer and mathematics teacher to the Enfants de France. It has been "augmented with a detailed explanation of M. de Coe͏̈horn's Fortification, the construction of Redoubts, field forts, &c; & a plan of the various instructions proper to a Military School" (title). The illustration comprises 37 plates on 31 fold-out leaves. Copy of the chevalier de Santigny, then by descent of Joachim Valentin Aimé de Salis Samade (1747-1822), captain aide major of the Swiss regiment, mayor of Fontenay-sur-Loing and husband of Marie Elisabeth de Santigny, who gave it to his grandson Eugène Valentin Achille de Triquety, who also became mayor of Conflans sur Loing. The Santigny signature is on the title page, and on the first endpaper is this note: "Given to me Eugène Valentin, Achille De Triquety, aged 15 years 6 months and 9 days on December 17, 1817. By Mr Joachim Valentin Aimé de Salis Samade his grandfather." Spine slightly faded. Enclosed: - SPAR (Joseph-Ignace-Magnus de)]. Instructions militaires. Paris: Briasson, 1753. - In-8, marbled calf, ornate spine, red edges (period binding). First edition illustrated with 17 folding plates. Spine slightly faded, small tear at head cap. Light staining at the end of the volume. Provenance: Chevalier de Santigny, with his signature on the title.