MILITARY ARCHITECTURE. VILLE (A. de). LA FORTIFICATION... Lot 6

[MILITARY ARCHITECTURE]. VILLE (A. de). LA FORTIFICATION DU SIEUR ANTOINE DE VILLE, ou L'INGÉNIEUR PARFAIT. Amsterdam, Paris, 1672. In-8 ivory vellum with visible seams and small flaps (contemporary binding); (7) ff., 381 pages, (19) pages of table, (1) f. of warning, 1 folding table and 12 folding plates off-text. Light staining in the upper left-hand corner of the first 115 pages, small burn mark in the upper part of pages 5/6. NEW EDITION of this work containing 53 numbered copper-engraved PLATES, 11 of which are fold-outs. There is no plate 28, but there is an additional fold-out plate opposite the Table, for easier viewing of the calculation of the Figures on plate 11. ¶ Marini, Biblioteca istorico-critica di fortificazione permanente, 175.