In 4 °. & Nbsp; Bologna: for Giacomo Monti, 1683. Architectural title page preceded by a half-title, 4 tables (out of 5) folded out of the text, numerous illustrations in the text mostly full page, tears and holes on the G4, Q2 cards and on a pair of folded plates, browning and lacks, binding in burgundy half leather and black canvas of the 20th century with the inscription The Hill School , 1923. Ex libris on the counterplate by John Ashby Lester Jr; noble monogram imprinted in red on the title page. & nbsp;
Specialist Notes
Editio princeps of one of the rarest and most interesting treatises on military architecture of the seventeenth century, re-edited several times. The various machines described and represented in the volume are intriguing and fascinating.
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