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[LE BLOND, Guillaume (1704-1781)]

Lot 23
29.10.2024 14:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
€ 2 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1317616
Lot 23 | [LE BLOND, Guillaume (1704-1781)]
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€ 2 000 – 3 000
[LE BLOND, Guillaume (1704-1781)]
[Traités de fortifications. France, seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle].

Manuscrit de format in-8 (225 x 175 mm), en français, sur papier vergé. Encre brune, double encadrement à l'encre noire sur toutes les pages. Composition du manuscrit : 3 ff./6 pp. de table, 1 f. blanc, 57 ff./114 pp. de texte, 1 f. blanc, et 30 plans aquarellés, dépliants (de format 225 x 310 mm). Reliure de l'époque : maroquin rouge, roulette dorée en encadrement des plats, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre (PLAN/DES/FORTI), roulette dorée sur les coupe, gardes de papier marbré (mors supérieur très usé, avec manques, manques aux coiffes et coins, frottements).
Provenance : ex-libris héraldique du XIXe siècle sur le contreplat : “d’or à la croix d’azur chargée de cinq étoiles d’argent”, à la couronne comtale.Il s'agit probablement des armes de la famille Cristiani de Ravaran.

Superbe manuscrit illustré de 30 planches aquarellées.
Si, compte tenu du sujet, le nom de Vauban apparaît évidemment à plusieurs reprises, pour décrire ses principes et différents systèmes (voir par exemple p. 84), il semble que le manuscrit soit une compilation et synthèse des écrits et traités du mathématicien Guillaume Le Blond. Certains passages du textes sont ainsi tirés de ses Éléments de fortification (dont l'édition originale date de 1739) et de ses contributions à l'Encyclopédie, dont l'article qu'il consacre à la fortification, "ou l'art de fortifier". Les beaux plans et vues aquarellés, en fin de manuscrit, sont eux aussi dérivés de ces sources premières.

Superb manuscript illustrated with 30 colored plates.
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