For the exercises of „Friends with an old Book“ I am concerned with the book named „La Nouvelle Maniere de Fortifier les Places“ written by François Blondel. So it is quite obvious that I first searched for the word fortification in the Xenotheka library. I became aware of a book called „Architectura militaris nova et…
Author: Tamino Hertel
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The book „La nouvelle manière de fortifier les places“ is written by Francois Blondel. He wasn’t only an architect, he also was a soldier, a mathematician and engineer. For that reason he new a lot about how to build military relevant buildings. In the 17. Century, Francois Blondel was also very famous for his texts….
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Nouvelle manière de fortifier les places – Francois Blondel I chose these two pages, which show beautiful drawings. First we have the floor plan of a building, followed by a 3d view. Considering that this work is a book from 1683, the condition is still very good. The book is wrapped in leather. Even the…