Piarron de Mondesir, Colonel (Jean Frédéric Lucien). - Siège et prise d'Andrinople (Novembre 1912 - Mars 1913). Cartes, Croquis, Gravures dans le texte et hors texte.

Paris, Chapelot, 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Pp. viii, (ii), 214. Plus very large folding map and equally large semitransparent overlay showing troops' position as changed over time. Both in scale 1:40000 and printed in colour. Plus 5 sketch maps on 4 folding sheets. All maps are loosely inserted in rear pocket. Plus photographic plates printed on different paper and bound-in. Full page sketches to the text. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary cloth and marbled boards, original printed wrapper laid-down, old shelf ticket to spine, old military institutional stamp to title. In about fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Extremely rare. The book was exceptionally in demand and went directly through no less than four editions in the first year of publication. General Lucien-Jean-Frédéric Piarron de Mondésir (1857-1943), at time of composing the book a Colonel of Engineers, wrote a very detailed book on the siege of the Turkish fortress. As an engineer he was especially interested in field fortifications, but paid much consideration to the employment of the artillery by the two opposing armies. It was the loss of Edirne (Adrianople) that delivered the final blow on the Ottoman army and brought an end to the First Balkan War. Mondesir's work was highly praised and was used as the blueprint for narratives about the siege which were consequently published in various countries and in different languages. 004-2 .

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