Jean-Baptiste VAQUETTE de GRIBEAUVAL (Amiens, Somme, 1715 – Paris, 1789), Lieutenant General and Engineer. It was thanks to his reforms that the French…

Jean-Baptiste VAQUETTE de GRIBEAUVAL (Amiens, Somme, 1715 – Paris, 1789), Lieutenant General and Engineer. It was thanks to his reforms that the French artillery, at the start of the Revolution, was by far the best in Europe. The calibers in use for a century were established during his tenure. Letter A.S., Paris, March 19, 1778, to Mr. Lesansguerre. 2 pages, in-4°: He expresses great satisfaction with Mr. de Miscault’s work, “...As for the foundations, which are said to have been laid to

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