Main entry:

Pagan, Blaise François de, comte de Merveilles, 1604-1665.

Title & Author:

Les fortifications du comte de Pagan.

Publication:

A Paris : Chez Cardin Besogne ..., 1645.

Description:

[4], 7, [1], 116, [4] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. ; 34 cm. (fol.)

Notes:
Engraved title vignette (arms of Pagan).
Engraved portrait of the author by Jean Patigny, sculptor and Henri Gascar, designer, dated 1656.
Signatures: [pi]² *-**² A⁴ B-2E² [2F]².
Influence on Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, whose earliest forts were entirely based on Pagan's designs, but with minor improvements and adaptations to differences in terrain.--Cf. Dictionary of scientific biography, XIII, p. 592.

Summary:

Influence on Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban , whose earliest forts were entirely based on Pagan's designs, but with minor improvements and adaptations to differences in terrain--Cf. Dictionary of scientific biography, XIII, p. 592.

Subject:

Fortification France Early works to 1800.
Military architecture France Early works to 1800.
Military art and science France Early works to 1800.
Fortifications France Ouvrages avant 1800.
Architecture militaire France Ouvrages avant 1800.
Art et science militaires France Ouvrages avant 1800.
Fortification.
Military architecture.
Military art and science.
Fortification Early works to 1800.
France.

Form/genre:

Early works.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 64930
Call No.: TA140.P128 (ID:91-B2139)
Status: Available