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Books, Autographs & Prints / Part I

Tuesday 30 March 2021, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Architettura - Oddi, Matteo

Precepts of military architecture, 1627

Estimate

€ 200 - 300

Sold

€ 358

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Information

Milan, Bartolomeo Fobella, 1627. In 8th. Woodcut frieze on the frontispiece, depictions of plants, elevations and tools engraved in wood in the text, a few brief marginal annotations by ancient hand, coeval binding in rigid parchment, back with 3 nerves with woodworm holes. Signature of belonging to the guard card and title page: "Del Cav. De Robilant" and on the reverse of the title page: "Book by Pietro Paulo Todeschi Pavia".

Specialist Notes

First edition of this interesting treatise divided into 3 centuries: in the first it deals with the construction and defense of fortresses, in the second with defense and conquest, in the third with artillery. Vinciana 1449.