Onze website gebruikt cookies om orders te plaatsen en optimaal te functioneren. Hiervoor vragen we je om akkoord te gaan met ons gebruik van cookies.

Ik ga akkoord met de cookies liever niet.
terug naar overzicht

STEVIN, Simon

La Castrametation, descrite par Symon Stevin de Bruges, selon l'ordonnance & usage de tres-illustre, tres-excellent Prince et Seigneur Maurice, par la grace Dieu Prince d'Orange ....
Leyden
Matthieu & Bonaventure Elzevier
1618
€1.200 - €1.600

"In-folio (31,3 x 19,2 cm), [6]- 54 pp, large woodcut printer's device on title page, full-page engraved portrait of Prince Maurice; woodcut head-pieces, initials and diagrams. Paper yellowed, marginal water stain in the beginning of the vol. Bound as usual with: idem. Nouvelle manière de fortification par Escluses. Leyden, Matthieu & Bonaventure Elzevier, 1618. In-f°, [iv]-61 pp. With 37 woodcut illustrations in text and 1 folding plate, all depicting sluices. A few lvs browned. A few pen strokes on the final end lvs. Bound in full vellum, soiled"

"1) Important work on the construction and lay-out of military quarters by Stevin. In the book we find exact information on common practice, as well as on its historical development. First edition of this esteemed work. Ref. Bierens de Haan, 4576 ; Willems 149 2) Bierens de Haan 4577 ; Willems 149 ; Bibl. Belg. V 236. Heraldic bookplate (18th c.) Two military treatises by Stevin, and the only books from the Elzevier Press to contain the two brothers' names in the imprint"