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(Militaria & Architecture) - ROUGIER, Pierre.- La militare architettura, overo fortificatione moderna, cavata dall’esperienza, e da varie maniere più pratticabili […]. Et un trattato dell’arte militare. Milano, appresso Lodovico Monza, 1661. In-4° : engr. title-[6 (of 10 ?)]-238-[5] pp.; 15 pl. (incomplete of 4 pp. in the beginning ?, engr. title partly detached and with handwritten notes in the margin, some foxing or stains, rare pl. slightly yellowed). Contemporary binding : parchment, flat spine with ink title (lacks, small defects and stains, flyleaves and pastedowns renewed, upper flyleaf partly detached, trimmed). SCARCE UNIQUE EDITION printed on strong paper of this work on the fortifications and poliorcetics explaining first the useful arithmetic and geometric rules. Illustrated with 1 engraved title, 15 copper-engravings on double pages and sketches in the first book. The author, Pierre Rougier or Pietro Ruggiero from Burgundy, was a captain and engineer of the Royal army. # Not in L'art de la guerre [Cat. d'expo]. Namur, Bibl. univ. Moretus Plantin, 1999, Cockle,Brunet, Biogr. univ. ¶ Rara unica edizione illustrata con 1 antiporta, 15 tavole a doppia pagina e figure xylografiche nel libro I. Piena pergamena coeva (incompleto di 4 pag. ?, qualche arrossatura o macchia, lievi difetti). ¶ Rare unique édition de cet ouvr. sur la poliorcétique illustré d'1 titre gravé, 15 planches et d'in texto dans le livre I. Plein parchemin de l'ép. (incomplet de 4 pp. ?, qqs rouss. ou taches, lég. défauts). Drouotlive.com Read more