MILITARIA. Autograph manuscript signed by Captain E. GUÈZE, - Lot 370

MILITARIA. Autograph manuscript signed by Captain E. GUÈZE, Visite des places fortes de la frontière Sud-Est, Carnet-Journal, July-August 3, 1881; 112-page pencil notebook with 10 color sketches (plans) and 4 prints and maps, brown cloth cover. On the fortresses and fortifications. Notebook written by E. Guèze, "Captain of the 7th Infantry Regiment, Ecole supérieure de guerre, 1st Division". The notebook begins with some general considerations: "The Southeast frontier can be divided into three theaters of operations formed by the three basins of the Durance and the Mediterranean [...] We are going to visit these three theaters of operations in succession and study more specifically the defense system adapted to the first two, plan and map drawn), Fort Saint-Laurent, Mont Dauphin, Fort de Tournoux, Place de Briançon (14 pages, sketches and maps), Place de Grenoble (10 p. with sketches, plans and maps), Albertville (18 p. with sketches, plans and maps), Fort de Joux, Place de Besançon (18 p. with sketches, plans and maps) Signed and dated at the end " Besançon le 3 août 1881 "...