Treatise on fortifications [manuscript], ca. 1700.

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Treatise on fortifications [manuscript], ca. 1700.

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Consists of text and drawings on fortifications. Drawings of fortifications include: hypothetical fortifications (leaves 2-19); two plans, iconographical and orthographical, of the fortifications of Comorre on the Danube (leaf 19); fortification of the ancients (leaves 22-23). Also includes: drawing of the Prince of Wales coat of arms, with 2 small scenes on each side illustrating Latin sayings encouraging the use of arms (leaf 2); emblematic drawing showing a shadow cast upon England from the sun of King James with the motto "Non Soli sed Orbi Lumen de est" (leaf 3).

49 leaves : ill., coats of arms ; 23 x 34 cm.

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James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766

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James Stuart, also known as "The Old Pretender," was the son and heir of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland), who was deposed in 1688. Raised in exile in France, Stuart never gave up his claim to both crowns, and after Jacobites in Scotland rose in rebellion against the new Hanoverian king in 1715, James landed in Scotland in hopes of seizing power. The rebellion failed, and James returned to France in 1716. He died in Rome in 1766. From the description of Coppie of the ...