Object number
3901.61
Title
Pasley's Operations of a Siege
Creator
Description
A hardbound book with a leather spine and corners, fabric patterned cover and gold lettering on the spine reading 'Pasley's Operatons of a Siege', it is a second edition printed in 1841 of Part 1. The inside cover reads:
Rules, chiefly deduced from experiment, for conducting the practical operations of a siege, originally composed for the use of the Royal Engineer Establishment, at Chatham, by C. W. Pasley, C.B. Colonel, R.E. F.R.S. &c Director fo the said establishment. Part I. Containing the prearation of the necessary materials, and the tracing and execution of the first and second parallels, and of the approchaes connected with them. Seconf Edition.
The book was published by John Weale, 59 High Holborn, London.
Production place
Chatham, London
Date
1841 - 1841
Production period
Early Victorian, 1837-1850
Dimensions
- Height: 224 mm
- Width: 144 mm
- Depth: 22 mm