Paris, Chez J.B. Bauche , chez Laurent D'Houry, 1748, small in-8°, x pp + 314 pp + (6)nn pp (ordre, approbation) + 8 pp (Catalogue des livres du fonds...) + 7 folding engraved plates of the fortified cities (Bois Le Duc , Berg op Zoom , Breda , Graave , Maastricht, L'Écluse (Sluis) , Fort de Crevecoeur). Bound in contemporary full calf, raised gilt spine, marbled endpapers, edges painted red. Small damage at top headcap but a fine copy. On the title-page a previous owner pencilled that the author is ''Bekkers'' (?). The BN catalogue does not divulge the author.