Der Verschantzte Turenne, oder, Gründliche alt-und neue Kriegs-Bau-Kunst : worinnen aus den benöthigten Fundamenten einer vortheilhafften : ungemeinen und meist Geometrischen Arithmetic, und Gründlichen Vollständigen Geometrie, mit einem gantz neu-erfundenen so bequemen und universalen Instrument, dass man zu alleryley Geometrischen und Astronomischen Praxibus noch nie dergleichen gehabt : uber die Niederländische oder Frentagische Fortification noch sechs gantz andere neu-und mehr verstärckte Befestigungs-Arten der besten Ingenieurs ietziger Zeit deutlich für Incipienten und gründlich für Practicanter /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Behr, Johann Heinrich, 1647-1717
Format:	Book
Language:	German
Published:	Franckfurt ; und Leipzig : Zu finden bey Christian-Weidmann : Gedruckt bey Georg Heinrich-Müllern in Gera, 1677.
Subjects:	Turenne (France) > Fortifications. Military architecture > Early works to 1800. Fortification > Design and construction > Early works to 1800. Geometry > Early works to 1800. Measurement > Handbooks, manuals, etc. > Early works to 1800. Surveying > Early works to 1800. Architecture militaire. Military architecture. Engravings. Handbooks and manuals.

Description
Item Description:	Title page in red and black. Thirty-two engraved plates with two hundred eight figures; engraved title with weapons and a besieged city (signed CW). Signatures:)(⁸, A-2P⁸ ()(8 bound before)(1). "Behr lays out the mathematics, geometry and surveying necessary for the military architect and presents his Instrument for celestial and terrestrial mensuration. In the other two parts, he describes and illustrates regular and irregular forti!cations in all types of terrain and summarizes the current state of the art. He addresses everything from parapets, outerworks and the width of rampart footpaths to the reinforcement of extant gates, bridges and urban environments. The author rose to Prussian Royal Architect and Chief Engineer."-From vendor's description.
Physical Description:	16 unnumbered pages, 608 pages, 32 leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 11 x 17 cm
Place of Publication:	Germany -- Frankfurt am Main. Germany -- Leipzig. Germany -- Gera.