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[Venice, at the Author's expense in the Barezzo Barezzi printing house, 1618]. In 2nd. 2 parts in one volume. Beautiful architectural frontispiece composed of allegorical figures, with coats of arms and portrait of the author, engraved in copper by Grispoldi, numerous chalcographic engravings in the text and 2 double plates depicting fortifications and military projects, figured heads and initials, frontispiece with defects, various stains, hole woodworm on the edges of various papers, last tired issues, original parchment binding, handwritten title along the spine, spots and gaps on the spine. Noble Ex libris glued to the counterplate.
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First edition of the first work published by Sardi, general of artillery, born in Rome in 1560 and died after 1639. The first part exposes the universal principles of fortification learned through study and direct observation in many countries, the second illustrates the construction practice, derived above all from Alghisi and Lorini. Riccardi II, 423.