Beheer

LOT 440
€600,00 - €900,00

[Artillery] Ufano, D. Archeley, Das ist: Gründtlicher, unnd eygentlicher Bericht von Geschütz

unnd aller Zugehör, beneben außführlicher Erklärung was einem General oder Obersten uber das Geschütz beydes in einem Läger, und in einem belägerten Ort oblige, und befohlen). German transl. by Th. de Bry. Zutphen, A. Janson, 1630. 128,(2),6 p., engr. title, 28 fold. engr. plates (some consisting of 2 joined leaves). Contemp. overlapping vellum. 4to.

Two bookplates on pastedown. Spine sl. dam. A few lvs strengthened/ restored in outer margin (one w. some loss of text), occas. sl. soiled, plates w. a few minor defects, but overall in good condition. Rare later edition: Zutphen, Janson, 1630. Folio. With 28 engraved plates (several double-page; counts vary between 27 and 28 in VD17 and auction records). Ref.: VD17 7:665289T (issue Janson, 1630); cf. copies recorded with 27 plates. Complete copies of the 1630 issue are seldom traced; far scarcer than the 1614 printing.

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