Coehoorn, The New Method of Fortification, London, 1705, contemporary calf

COEHOORN, MENNO VAN

The New Method of Fortification. Translated from the Original Dutch... by Tho. Savery. London: printed for Daniel Midwinter, 1705

folio (329 x 203mm.), first edition in English, title printed in red and black, 16 engraved plates (12 folding), final page with publisher's advertisements, contemporary panelled calf, some browning, rebacked with new endpapers, rubbed

A translation of Nieuwe vestingbouw op een natte of lage horisont, first published in 1685.

LITERATURE:

ESTC T101519

PROVENANCE:

J. Simpson, ownership inscription on title page