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GOLDMANN, Nicolaus

La nouvelle fortification
Leiden
chez les Elseviers
1645
€400 - €600

In-folio, [xvi], 224 pp, allegorical engraved title (Adri Matham), woodcut initials and headpieces, engraved illustrations. Text in French. Some foxing. Vellum binding, new end-lvs

Ref. Willems, 587. Original French edition printed in the Elzevirian workshop, reusing the same plates from the 1643 Latin edition (Elementorum architecturae militaris libri IV), also printed by the Elzeviers. The manual is rich with instructions for the design of fortifications, with particular emphasis on drawing their plans, profiles, and perspective views

Military history