I wasn't aware of this book. Of possible interest.

Anne Blanchard, Dictionnaire des Ingénieurs militaires, 1691-1791. [review]
Mesqui Jean
Bulletin Monumental,1983, 141-1, pp. 104-105

http://www.persee.fr/doc/bulmo_0007-473x_1983_num_141_1_6568_t1_0104_0000_4