Basta, Mastro di campo generale, Frankfurt, 1617, modern vellum

BASTA, GIORGIO

Il maestro di campo generale, Das ist, Aussführliche Anzeig, Bericht und Erklärung, von dem Ampt eines General Feldt-Obersten [translated by Johann Theodor de Bry]. Frankfurt: Nikolaus Hoffmann for de Bry, 1617

folio (291 x 192mm.), title within elaborate engraved border, engraved portrait of the author on verso of title-page, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, engraved illustrations, 8 folding engraved plates, with a 2-leaf Erklärung inserted in quire G, without final blank, modern vellum by Franz Ostermann of Paris (with his ticket, dating to no later than 1902)

For the original Italian text (issued without any illustrations), see lot 30.

LITERATURE:

Cockle 600 (not listing this German edition); VD17 39:125881R (stating 9 folding plates, but there is no mention in the text of a ninth plate; each of the other 8 has a "Declaratio" in the text)

PROVENANCE:

bought from Davis & Orioli, November 1924