DÖGEN (DOEGEN), MATTHIAS.

Heutiges tages übliche Krieges Bau=kunst, mit vilen ausserläsenen, so wol alten als neuen, geschichten bewähret und mit den vornämsten Fästungen der Christenheit lehr=bilds=weise aufsgezieret.

Amsterdam, Ludwich Elzeviern, 1648.

Folio. Contemp. full calf over wood. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. Lightwear to spineends. Covers with gilt lineborders. Small stamp on on foot of title-page. The engraved title depicting the author showing a geometrical drawing to William Prince of Orange. Engraved title. (6),475 pp. and 70 double-page engraved plates of which 1 is in xerox-copy (Festung Nova Palma). Old owners names on foot of title-page and verso of. Internally clean and fine.

First German edition. This was the largest work hitherto published on fortification, and it is specially interesting for containing 29 plans of European fortresses (1 plan in xerox-copy) . It was originally published in Latin the year before and a French translation appeared the same year as this German edition.
"Magnifique publication, orné de 29 figures de fortifications et de 41 plans de villes, en tout 70 grandes planches hors texte. L Elzevier a tiré parti de ces planches en publiant dès l'année suivante des traductions de l'ouvrage en francais et en allemand." (Willems, Les Elzevier No 1064). - Sotheran Second Suppl. No 20981 (French edition) - Brunet II:788. - Klaus Jordan No 911. - Sloos, Warfare and the Age of Printing, 8029.

Order-nr.: 57024