[Rarebooks] FS: Fernandez de Medrano's important work on military fortifications. Brussels: 1696

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(MILITARY) Fernandez de Medrano, Sebastian. L'INGENIEUR PRATIQUE, OU, 
L'ARCHITECTURE MILITAIRE ET MODERNE... Brussels: Lambert Marchant. 1696. 8vo. 
(12),348,(20)pp. With the half-title. Added engraved title (frontispiece) and 
35 fine folding copper engraved plates, plus the folding table at p. 326. 
Complete. Cont. mottled calf, spine a bit rubbed.     $1,500.00 (trade discount 
allowed)
The first French edition. The author (1646-1705) first wrote this text in 
Spanish and then translated it himself into French, with numerous additions. 
He became the Director of the Military Academy in Brussels, where this work 
was published. An important treatise on military architecture and 
fortification. Palau 89239 (error in plate count).

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