Les travaux de Mars, ou L'art de la guerre.

3 vol., 8vo: [28]-373-[7], [16]-343-[5], [16]-387-[9] pp.

Contemp. polished calf (a few light scratches), boards with gilt ruled and tooled border frame and corner pieces, front covers with central gilt arms, richly gilt orn. spines with 5 raised bands and leather title labels (discoloured, sm. wormholes in tail vol. II, joints rubbed), gilt sides, marbled endpapers, red edges. Excellent copy.

New enlarged and revised edition (1st 1671) of this profusely illustrated military treatise on war and military engineering by the French military engineer and cartographer A. Manesson-Mallet (1630-1706). Engr. ill.: 3 different front. and 414 nice full-page plates (155, 122, 137) showing small maps and panoramical views of European towns i.a. Douai, Arras, La Rochelle, Brest, Ath, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Breda, Madrid, Barcelona, Geneva, Naples, Paris, Speyer, Venice, Crete, etc., fortifications, military equipment & costumes, guns and artillery, battle formations etc. In the 5 first parts, the author deals with fortification in general, the various methods of fortification, building techniques, "gens de guerre & de leurs évolutions"; the 6th part deals with the "Milice des Turcs", with strongholds in Hungary, Albania etc. and a view of the siege of Vienna. Titles in red and black.
Ref. STCN (3, i.a. BL). - Cp. Pastoureau, Manesson-Mallet II F (another 1696 issue). - Not in Colas, Lipperheide.
Prov. D:Tschiff., i.e. maybe Daniel Tschiffeli (1699-1759), statesman, or his father Daniel (1664-1730), book printer in Bern. The family Tschiffeli or Tschiffely, or Chiffelle, originates from the Bern region in Switzerland (gilt arms on front covers). - Fürstliche Hofbibliothek Donaueschingen (libr. stamp).