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Stowe MS 453
- Record Id:
- 040-001953264
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000493.0x0003dc
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 453
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. VII. (ff. 147). " Receuil (sic) de plusieurs Deuis des places que l'on a fortifiées en France " : details of the fortifications of Dunkirk, St. Omen, Ypres, Sedan, and other places about the Flemish frontier, with accounts of the sieges of Luxembourg, Pignerol, Charlemont and Charleroi, from 1677 to 1693. In a French hand. The plans for the fortification of Phalsbourg in 1679 and the account of the siege of Luxembourg in 1684 are by the Marquis de Vauban. At the end are inserted the measurements of the camp at Maintenon, in 1688, with a plan, and other papers. With book-plate of John Lewis Petit, M.D., F.R.S. (ob. 1750). Cf. vol. xxxiii.
John Lewis Petit, MD, FRS (ob. 1780): Bookplate.
Military Tactics: Details of the fortifications of Dunkirk, Sedan, and other places about the Flemish frontier, etc.: 1677-1693.: Fr.
Dunkirk, Nord: Papers relating to works at: late 17th cent.: Fr.
Bookplates: Petit (John Lewis), M.D., F.R.S.: 18th cent.
includes:
- f. 81 Luxemburg: Account by M. de Vauban of the siege of: 1684.: Fr.
- f. 81 Sebastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Maréchal de France: Account of the siege of Luxemburg: 1684.
- f. 120 Pignerol, France: Account of the attack on: late 17th cent.: Fr.
- f. 136 Charleroi, Flanders: Remarks on the capture of, by the French: 1693.: Fr.
- f. 142 Maintenon, France: Measurements of camp at: 1688.: Fr.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Stowe Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001953247
037-001953257
040-001953264 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 438-488 : CLASS IX.ARMY.
Stowe MS 447-480 : MILITARY COLLECTIONS of the three brothers Jacob, John, and Michael Richards, sons of Jacob Richards; 1685-1714. For the…
Stowe MS 453 : RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. VII. (ff. 147). " Receuil (sic) de plusieurs Deuis des places que l'on a fortifiées en France… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0009]/036-001953247[0010]/037-001953257[0007]/040-001953264
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1677
- End Date:
- 1693
- Date Range:
- 1677-1693
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Le Prestre de Vauban, Sebastien, Maréchal de France
Petit, John Lewis, MD, FRS, d 1780 - Places:
- Charleroi, Flanders
Dunkirk, France
Luxemburg, Europe
Maintenon, France
Pignerol, France