Freitag, L'architecture militaire, Leiden, 1635, contemporary calf

FREITAG, ADAM

L'architecture militaire ou la fortification nouvelle. Leiden: Bonaventura and Abraham Elzevir, 1635

folio (313 x 204mm.), engraved title-page, 35 double-page engraved plates, 8 double-page letterpress tables, contemporary calf, occasional light damp-staining

Freitag (1608-1650), a Polish engineer and doctor, had studied in Germany and served in the army of the Prince of Orange before dying in Lithuania in the service of Prince Radizwill. This work on fortification, first published in Latin in 1631 by the Elzevirs, became the manual of the Dutch school of fortification. It was also translated into German in 1635 (Willems 424).

LITERATURE:

Cockle 836; USTC 1016389; Willems 425

PROVENANCE:

M. Symner, pencil inscription at head of title-page; Thomas Francis Fremantle, armorial bookplate, purchased from Pickering & Chatto, 6 March 1900, 15s