Cahiers militaires, portatifs. Contenant une nouvelle idée sur le génie & plusieurs autres pièces interessantes & utiles pour le lecteur.Genève, J.A. Nouffer, 1778. 4to. With 13 folding engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf, richly gold-tooled spine.

“182” [=184] pp.First edition of a work on fortification by the French colonel François Tissot, sometimes called Tissot-Grenus, expressing his "new ideas" on the subject. He deals with the construction of different types of fortresses, but most of the work is devoted to command and leadership, attack and defence, tactical formations and orders etc. The engraved plates show ground plans, profiles, battle plans, and tools and machinery. The present edition was published anonymously, only mentioning "Mr. le Colonel D***" on the title-page, but the second edition (London/the Hague, 1785) mentions "Colonel de Tissot Grenus" as the author.With a manuscript note at the foot of the third plate. Occasionally a small spot, overall in very good condition. Binding slightly rubbed along the extremities, but otherwise also very good.l Jähns, p. 2779; Jordan 0822; not in Sloos, Warfare.