MILITARIA GROOTE (Alexander von) Neovallia... - Lot 109 - Eric Caudron

MILITARIA GROOTE (Alexander von) Neovallia dialogo (...), nel quale con nuova forma di fortificare piazze s'esclude il modo del fare fortezze alla regale, come quelle che sono di poco contrasto Munich, Anna Berghin, 1617, in-folio, [5] ff. n. ch. (engraved title-frontispiece, dedication to Duke Maximilian of Bavaria, bible poems), [294] pp. badly numbered 286, with 43 engraved plates (33 of which are double-paged), all previously stamped, fawn calf, spine ribbed and decorated, double gilt fillet on the covers, edges speckled with red (contemporary binding). Worn caps and corners, a lateral tear in one double fold, traces of moisture "in fine", but good example. Original edition The object of the work is the suppression of the method of fortification by bastions (metodo di fortificare alla reale), to which the author attributes the low defensive capacity of the squares. Copy of Léonor d'Estampes de Valençay (1589-1651) with iron in the centre of the plates. Copy of the Shirburn Castle library.