A practicall abstract : of the arts, of fortification and assailing. Containing foure different method's of fortifications, with approued rules, to be set out in the feild, all maner of superficies, intrenchments and approaches, by the demy circle, or with lines and stakes. Written for the benifit of such as delight in the practice of these noble arts. By David Papillon gent: I have diligently perused this abstract: and do approue it, well worthie of the publick view. Imprimatur. Io: Booker.
1645
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A practicall abstract : of the arts, of fortification and assailing. Containing foure different method's of fortifications, with approued rules, to be set out in the feild, all maner of superficies, intrenchments and approaches, by the demy circle, or with lines and stakes. Written for the benifit of such as delight in the practice of these noble arts. By David Papillon gent: I have diligently perused this abstract: and do approue it, well worthie of the publick view. Imprimatur. Io: Booker.
Created/published
London : Printed by R: Austin and are to be sould at the south side of the Exchange & in Popes head Alley, 1645.
Description
[10], 123, [1] p., [26] leaves of plates : ill., port., diagrams ; (4to)
Note
Title page is engraved.
With portrait (plate) of Sir Thomas Fairfax.
With portrait (plate) of Sir Thomas Fairfax.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), P303
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R7889
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R7889
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
P303
Folger-specific note
168617. With 25 plates. Manuscript markings. Plates 24 and 25 are backed and bound at end. Plates are bound out of sequence between pp. 88 and 89. Lacking t.p., which is supplied in photostat from Union Theological Seminary copy. Lacking portrait. Provenance: marking of ownership (?) on front fly-leaf: "Leah Miller"; engraved armorial bookplate of Edward Hardinge, Vice Admiral
Call number
FAST ACC 271757 (quarto)
Folger-specific note
From dealer's description: "A collection of three tracts relating to the English Civil War, two printed and one manuscript, in one volume, comprising: i. "D.P.P." The Six Secondary Causes of the Spinning out of this Unnaturall Warre. George Miller, 1644, [Wing P16] ii. "D.P.G.". "The necessity Of the new moulding of our Methode of warre as well as of our Armies, And of the Reunion of both the Honourable Houses of Parliament into one, Confirmed by the Authority of the best, ancient and Moderne Commanders & Politicians", manuscript in English, in a single scribal hand, in two chapters with a preface ("To the Reader", signed "D.P."), 53 pages, c.1644-45 iii. Papillon, David. A Practicall Abstract of the Arts, of Fortification and Assailing...R. Austin, 1645, engraved titlepage, 25 engraved plates, woodcut headpieces and initials [Wing P303] 3 works in one volume, 4to (183 x 140mm.), with manuscript list of tracts on rear endpaper, seventeenth-century panelled calf, spine gilt in compartments with lettering piece ("Tracts of D.P."), rebacked, first work slightly chewed at margin, some plates in second work slightly shaved It is likely that all three of these tracts were written by David Papillon (1581–1659), architect and military engineer. Papillon was born in Dijon and brought up in the French Huguenot community in London. He had a successful career as an architect and speculator in London housing developments, which enabled him to acquire a country estate at Lubenham, Leicestershire, in the 1620s, where he built a curious octagonal house which he named after himself. Following the outbreak of Civil War he took on a new career designing fortifications, working on the defence of Parliamentary strongholds including Leicester, Gloucester, and Northampton, through the methods outlined in A Practicall Abstract. Papillon's interests as an author ranged well beyond his professional activities. He wrote The Vanity of the Lives and Passions of Men (1651), as well as a manuscript treatise entitled Several Political and Military Observations (c.1647-48), which covered similar subjects to the first two tracts in the current volume (see A. Papillon, Memoirs of Thomas Papillon (1902), pp.7-8). At the back of this volume is a list of titles, all apparently by Papillon. The list begins with the three works found here, which are followed by six others (two printed and four noted as being in manuscript)." Ordered from:Christopher Edwards, D9269, 2019-11-19 at Sotheby's Auction "The Cottesloe Military Library", November 19, 2019, Lot 354.
Folger accession
271757