Detailed manuscript survey of the defences of Cayenne, French Guiana, with a structured reform proposal (1783). Law Pen and black ink on

Pen and black ink on light brown paper

The key sheet from his dispersed drawing book

foot corner of A5 removed very slightly affecting text

Mémoire sur Cayenne

featuring extensive firsthand accounts from key French commanders

Detailed manuscript survey of the defences of Cayenne, French Guiana, with a structured reform proposal (1783). Law Pen and black ink onF. d. V: P. Mmoire sur Cayenne. Cayenne, French Guyana, 1783. Manuscript on paper, folio (ca. 31 x 20 cm), [44] pp., written in brown ink, with heavy authorial reworking throughout; several pages with substantial struck passages and rewritten paragraphs; occasional sectional headings (e. g. on front des bastions ), and lists of artillery pices with totals. Sewn. An important detailed military engineering report on the topography, hydrography,