Oeuvres Completes de Mr. Le Febvre.

LEFEBVRE (M. [Simon])

Edité par Date d'édition : 1778

Major au Corps des Ingénieurs de Prusse, Membre Ordinaire de l'Académire Royale des Sciences & Belles-Lettres de Berlin. 4to. Two volumes. Volume I with seventeen folding copper-engraved plates and plans, including four relating to the siege of Schweidnitz in 1762, Volume II with sixteen similar plates, including two maps of Canada, the coastal region around the mouth of the St. Lawrence and the extent of the river between Montreal and Tadoussac. Some browning throughout, marginal damp-staining to Volume II, recently quite attractively rebound in dark full calf, labels to spines. xii, 329pp. viii, 286pp. Chez Jean-Edme Dufour & Philippe Roux, Maestricht, Jähns 2779. A scarce item, RLIN locates only the California State Library copy, OCLC the Society of the Cincinatti copy, and KVK that at John Rylands, no copy in the BL or apparently on NUC. Volume I is entitled "L'Art d'Attaquer et de Défendre les Places" and contains in its latter part a "Journal du Siege de la Ville de Schweidnitz en l'An 1762". From the title and form of this account it seems likely that Le Febure was present at the siege of the town, now Schwidnica in Poland. Frederick the Great succeeded in manoeuvring Daun from his commanding position on the Waldenburg Hills and established a siege - ". better described as a blockade. " - which reduced the town on October 9th 1762. Volume II has sections separately titled of "Essai sur les Mines"; "Recueil de quelques Pieces et Lettres relatives aux Épreuves du Globe de Compression"; and "Essai sur la Maniere de Faire les Cartes." The maps of Canada are attached to the latter section. It appears from comparison with the collations of the other copies mentioned that this set has two extra plates, being illustrative of the section on the Globe of Compression. These are identified by the catch-word "Gl.de C." in the top left corner and, as with those plates where the engraver is identified, are engraved by J.B.P. Tardieu. N° de réf. du vendeur 83867

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Titre : Oeuvres Completes de Mr. Le Febvre.
Date d'édition : 1778
Reliure : Couverture souple