[Rarebooks] FS: Early illustrated work on explosives & artillery. Naples: 1687

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(MILITARY) Martena, Giovanni Battista. FLAGELLO MILITARE, Overo il Terror de Conflitti... in Quattro Parti... in Questa Nuova Impressione de 20. Figure in Rame... Naples: A Spese di C. Troise. 1687. 4to. (10),211,(1)pp. With 20 fine copper engravings: an added engraved title with numerous military illustrations, an engraved portrait of the author and plates numbered 1-18. Bound in 18th century vellum over paste paper boards, with spine labels.    $2,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
A well illustrated treatise on explosives and artillery fire during a siege. There are 2 editions, 1676 and 1687, with exactly the same text and plates.

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