Medals & Coins, Arms & Militaria - 19th October 2016

Lot 291

'Fortification Plates

Estimate £70 - £100

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Description

'Fortification Plates, R.M.A., G.M. Kelsall', a bound volume of diagrams illustrating the principals of 19th Century fortifications, produced at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich between 1850 and 1853 by the cadet named on the cover, commencing with basic geometric exercises and progressing to detailed plans of fortifications, including the doctrine for attacking them.