Hamburg, Peter Groten, 1676. 8vo. Cont. hcalf. Raised bands and gilt back. Titlelabel in leather with gilt lettering. (16),664 pp., 1 folded table and 53 engraved plates (all), most of the plates in the text, some folded. A stamp on titel and verso of halftitle. Internally clean and fine.
In the year 1676, two German translations appeared, one in Amsterdam and one in Hamburg. A translation of the authors "La Fortification...ou l'ingenieur parfait...Paris, 1672." - This Hamburg-edition not in Klaus Jordan: Bibliographie zur Geschichte des Festungsbaues von den Anfängen bis 1914. The Amsterdam-edition No 3960.
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