fortification military architecture (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Small folio. Engraved allegorical title signed 'C. G. Amling' + [6] + 39 pages text + 14 folding engraved plates with 68 illustrations. Typographical ornaments. Contemporary half vellum. Enlarged edition, corrected by the author (first published 1664), of this influential German treatise on late baroque military architecture by the Bavarian engineer Heidemann, a follower of Daniel Speckle (1536-89) of Strassburg, one of the first exponents of modern fortification. Heidemann still considered the use of orillons for the protection of the flanks of bastions as essential, a method largely abandoned by that time under the influence of the Dutch systems of fortification. A re-interpretation of his theories was offered by Sturm in his Architectura Militaris hypoth.-eclectico (1702). The beautiful allegorical title by the Bavarian court engraver Carl Gustav von Amling (1651-1702) incorporates a view of Munich in the background. A very fresh copy of this handsome book printed on good quality paper. Jähns 1343; Jordan 1636.

Fol., circa 30,5 x 20 cm. Title with engraved border, 3 ff., 98 pp., 39 (instead of 47) engraved plates, most double-page Contemporary vellum VD17 23:297466C. Second, presumably pirated edition of the first independent French treatise on military architecture, first published in 1600 and a pioneering work in introducing the Italian style of fortification north of the Alps. The author Errard from Bar le Duc worked for the Duke of Lorraine and was an engineer who later on designed several citadels for Henri IV. - This copy unfortunately not complete. It would appear that the missing plates had already not been present a long time ago as old blank leaves were bound in where they should be. We have plates 2-8, 10-31 and 38-47 (missing: 1, 9 and 32-37) - price strongly reduced due to this! - Some browning, little staining, to the end little light waterstains, binding rubbed and dusty with stains, laces gone, but else still very good - price considerably reduced because of missing plates.

8°. 3 ff., X pp., 2 ff., 278 pp., 1 f., 36+1 large folding plates Contemporary calf binding "English STC, T72790. First English edition, translated from the French (L'Ingénieur de campagne, ou traité de la fortification passagère, 1750). Many plates show fortified bridges or towns, many in Germany or France. - The plates: after number 8 there is one called "A", plates 28 and 29 are together on one leaf, number 30 is obviosuly misnumbered as 34 which then comes again. There are 1-36 and A, so together 37, the second edition from 1773 seems to have only 36 plates. " - Small old 18th cent owner s inscriptions, minor browning, few plates frayed to the outer edges but no loss of image, binding rubbed, hinges with cracking but not loose.

8°. Engraved frontispiece, 2 ff., 65 pp., 2 ff.; 1 f., 99 pp., 2 ff., 8 + 22 = 30 folding engraved plates "Contemporary mottled calf with title "Vauban" to spine" Jordan 575 (variants exist). Second edition, first published in 1681 (in Paris). The first part gives an introduction into geometry especially for the use of the officer and archtict. The second deals with fortifications in general, following the theories and examples given by Vauban (1633-1707), the most influential military architect and engineer of his age. This part has 22 plates with shapes and elements of fortresses. - Minor browning and just a few spots, a little rubbed, last endpaper renewed, but quite nice.

circa 20,5 x 14,5 cm. 8 ff., 336 pp., 46 folding engraved plates Contemporary repaired full calf Jordan 2871. Uncommon Portuguese translation from the French of this classic manual of military architecture. - Some worming without loss of text, only the first leaves with light stains, some pages with small marginal spots, but mostly clean. Binding completely restored using the old material with some additions to the spine in the same colour. - Despite the small flaws still a very good copy, complete with all 46 plates.