Author: WILLIAM SIBORNE
Title: Instructions for Civil and Military Surveyors, in Topographical Plan- Drawing> forming a Guide to the Just Conception and Accurate Representation of the Surface of the Earth, in Maps and Plans. Founded upon the system of John George Lehmann. With illustrative plates.
Description: G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1822. Oblong folio. pp. x, 1, [1], 39, [1, prospectus for Instructions in Civil and Military Surveying]> 8 plates on india paper. Modern cloth with leather title label. William Siborne [1798 - 1849], British officer and military historian is best known for his work on the history of the Waterloo campaign> his fine atlas of the campaign uses Bates Patent Analglyptograph, a system of shading which when viewed at an angle give the impression of seeing the topological relief.

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