VILLE, ANTOINE de.

De la Charge des Gouverneurs des Places. Derniere Edition, Reveuë, corrigée, & mise en meilleur ordre.

Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang, 1674.

Small 8vo. Contemporary half calf. Wear to extremities. Stamp on end-papers and title-page. With a few occassional dampstains. (12),503,(23) pp., wodcuts and diagrams in the text. 

Final edition, corrected and improved, of Ville’s work dedicated to Cardinal Richelieu, describing in detail the management of a fortress, how to correct its defects and places significant emphasis on the quality of the personnel: governor, cavalry, commander etc.

Order-nr.: 61657