"4. Bruxelles, Lesigne, 1925, large in-4°, 33 x 23,5 cm, 620 pp + 8 ill. h.t. & numerous ills in the text., sewn, with original wrapper ( wrapper embossed with a design by Wolfers). Wrapper a bit dustsoiled, interior fine and partially unopened. Still a nice copy. The works and life of ""the Belgian Vauban"" who designed the fortifications of Antwerp in 1865. Other works include Bucarest, Sophia, the Dardanelles in Turkey, a project for Constantinopel etc.. With an evaluation of the functioning of the fortifications in the First World War, and with a bibliography of his works. With a nice ex-dono of the author. Text in French. Le livre est en français."