Spanish military works, 4 volumes by Lechuga, Zepeda y Adrada and the Escuela de Palas

SPANISH MILITARY WORKS

A collection of 4 volumes, seventeenth century, comprising:

i. Lechuga, Cristóbal. Discurso... en que trata del cargo de Maestro di Campo General, y de todo lo que de derecho le toca en el exercito. Milan: Pandolfo Malatesta, 1603, 4to, woodcut armorial on title-page, with final blank, contemporary limp vellum tooled in gilt and black, gilt and gauffered edges, stamp of the Boncompagni family on title-page (and shelfmark on inside front cover), purchased from Davis & Orioli, February 1947, [Cockle 593; Palau 134046; USTC 4033494], lacking two pairs of silk ties, A FINE CRISP COPY

ii. Lechuga, Cristóbal. Discurso... que trata de la artilleria y todo lo necessario a ella. Milan: Marco Tullio Malatesta, 1611, folio, woodcut portrait of the author, woodcut illustrations, without final blank, contemporary limp vellum, bookplate of Cayetano Mariá de Huarte (canon of Cadiz, 1741-1806), armorial bookplate of Robert Henry Clive (pasted over that of Huarte), stamp of D.A. Mosty [Palau 134047; USTC 4029498], text on title-page cut out and remounted, somewhat stained, some paper repairs, new endpapers

iii. Zepeda y Adrada, Alonso de. Epitome de la fortificacion moderna. Brussels: Franciscus Foppens, 1669, 4to, 34 folding engraved plates, contemporary vellum, bookplate of Giovanni Domenico Berio, Marchese di Salsa and William Ward, Viscount Dudley, [Palau 380276], occasional light browning

iv. Escuela de Palas o sea curso mathematico tomo I. Milan: Marcantonio Malatesta, 1693, folio, 9 folding engraved plates, engraved illustrations (some double-page), 2 engravings pasted to a page edge, inscription of Joseph Pares y Castañer, infantry captain, dated 1720, library stamp of Lajos Jamniczky (died 1895), engraved bookplate depicting the Trinity, [Palau 81690, both volumes], lacking volume 2, lacking engraved frontispiece, +2 defective, binding slightly worn

together 4 volumes