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Melun. 1 598. Bachot, Ambroise.
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, Le govvernail . . . Le quel conduira le curleux de Geometrieen
perspe6liue dedans I'architecfture des fortifications,
machines de guerre & plusieurs autres particularitez y conten
ues. Imprime soubz JJauteur.
Folio. 4 ff with engraved tp. and frontispiece, the fly-leaf having set-ofF
from tp. } then A-C in 6^, and 4
ff. of plates w^ith text on versi, followed
by 23 single ff. and 8 double ff. of plates, and 14 ff. with designs on both
redti and versi.
Copies.
B.M.
796. Roma. 1598. Barozzi, Giacinto.
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OfFerta di un nuovo modo di difendere qualsivoglia fortezza
per debole che sia reputata da qualsivoglia numeroso esercito
con poca gente.
Quarto.
—Ayala :
Gli heredi di Antonio Blado.
" Merely one leaf of print,"
797. Madrid. 1599. Gonzalez de Medina Barba.
Examen de fortificacion.
Quarto. Many copperplates interspersed with the text.—Almirantc.
798. Brescia. 1599. Marchi, Francesco.
Delia Architettvra militare, . . . Libri tre. Nelli qvali si
descrivono li veri modi, del fortificare, che si vsa a' tempi
moderni. Con vn breve, et vtile trattato, Nel quali si
dimostrano li modi del fabricar I'Artigliaria et la prattica di
adoperarla, da quelli che hanno carico di essa. Appresso
Comino Presegni. Ad istanza di Gasparo dell' Oglio.
Folio. 6 ff., A-6th T, f, ff
, in 68.
ff 6, blank, has set-off from ffs.
This ed. is of extreme rarity. Ayala had seen a copy with a slight alteration
in the wording of the title-page, and a Ded. by Dell' Oglio, dated 1600.
Though commenced in 1546 the work was not completed until 1560, in
which year Marchi presented a copy in MS. to Philip of Spain, then King-
Consort of England. He died in 1597. Fontanini speaks of an ed, of 1577,
and Haym follows suit, the mistake originating with Orlandi. It seems
that Marchi had his designs engraved one by one, and gave away copies to
his friends. In process of time these were colleded into book form, whence
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