Publications of Guillaume Le Blond

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  • Le Blond, Guillaume. A treatise of artillery: or, of the arms and machines used in war since the invention of gunpowder. Being the first part of Le Blond's Elements of war: Written in French by that eminent Mathematician, for the Use of Lewis Charles of Lorraine, Count de Brionne, and publish'd for the Instruction of the young Gentlemen in the Armies of France. Illustrated with above Fifty Representations, beautifully engraved on Copper Plates. With Remarks, and Explanatory Notes. London: printed by E. Cave, at St. John's Gate, and sold by M. Cooper, in Pater-Noster-Row, P. Vaillant, in the Strand, and J. Brindley, in New-Bond-Street, MDCCXLVI. [1746]. ESTC No. T133610. Grub Street ID 182359.
  • Le Blond, Guillaume. A treatise of the attack of fortified places; shewing the method of approaches in a siege. Being the second part of Le Blond's Elements of War: with remarks, and explanatory notes. Illustrated with copper plates. London: printed by E. Cave, 1748. ESTC No. N69326. Grub Street ID 50399.
  • Le Blond, Guillaume. The military engineer: or, a treatise on the attack and defence of all kinds of fortified places. In which are explained the construction of the necessary works, with the method of designing them on paper, and transferring the plan to the ground; the attacks of large towns, with their different outworks most in use; and also of smaller places, forts and other posts, which occur in the course of a war; the manner of escalades and surprizes; and all other matters relating either to the works or operations, necessary to convey a full knowledge of the art of engineering. Composed by M. Le Blond, Professor Of Mathematics, For the use of the French Noblesse. To which is added, a succinct account of three remarkable sieges at different periods, by which the progress of the Art is pointed out. In two parts. Illustrated with twenty copper-plates. London: printed for J. Nourse at the Lamb opposite Katherine-Street in the Strand, MDCCLIX. [1759]. ESTC No. N4489. Grub Street ID 30135.