La Nouvelle Fortification, de Nicolas Goldman

Nicolaus Goldmann

Elsevier, 1645

[Early book on fortifications, military engineering and architecture]  Folio,  31.5 x 21 cm.  Bound in contemporary vellum.   [16] 224 pp.  Some marginal worming. Generally clean.  Engraved allegorical title-page, engraved illustrations of fortifications throughout the text  (97 half-page engravings in the text). [16], 224 p.  p. 107-108 partially torn. Ref: Willems 587.  First published in Latin in 1643.