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[Militaria - Fortifications]

FREITAG, Adam

L'architecture militaire ou La fortification nouvelle [...].

Paris, G. de Luyne, 1668


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3 parts in 1 vol., folio: [8 incl. engr. title]-179 pp.; 35 pl., 8 tables (continuous pagination, marg. damp stains touching pl. A, I, M, R, Bb, pl. Ff bound upside down, sm. marg. wormhole in first quires, sm. marg. wormtrack in middle, rare spotting).

Contemp. sheep, spine with raised bands (very used).

Rare later translation (1st ed. 1631, 1st translation 1635) of one of the best systematic military architectural manuals of the "older Dutch school", by Adam Freytag (1608-1650), Polish military engineer, mathematician and physician, based on the Dutch experience and practices in the war against Spain. Lavishly illustrated with a beautiful engr. title (same as the 1635 ed. but with different address), 35 double-page engr., depicting different types of fortifications, building machinery, cranes, etc., and 8 double-page tables of fortification measures etc.
Ref. Cp. Berlin Kat. 3525, Brunet II:1389. - Not in Goldsmith.

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Lot 788

L'architecture militaire ou La fortification nouvelle [...].

FREITAG, Adam

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