Inscribed inside front cover, in pen and black ink, "L. de Licas officier du Genie en 1793 / Major du 22e Dragons - en - 1806"; in graphite, "133 fortified castles / or cities of France / & its colonies, including / Quebec, Louisbourg, Cayenne / Ville Marie (Montréal) / and New Orleans / bound by JN Derome le jeune / with his bird and shell tools"; inscribed on title-page, in pen and black ink, "130 / PLANS / des / Fortifications / de France / en 1755".
Each subject identified by inscription in pen and brown ink.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 30.
Watermark: bend with name, "C. & I. Honing" (see Heawood 64).
Preparatory for "Recueil des fortifications forts et ports de mer de France: Lavé au Pinceau."
Licas, L. de., former owner.
Laughlin, Irwin, former owner.
Mellon, Paul, former owner.