Heidemann, Architectura Militaris, Munich, 1664, old vellum, presentation copy

HEIDEMANN, CHRISTOPH

Architectura militaris. Munich: Johann Jäcklin, 1664

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY (see footnote), folio (304 x 200mm.), additional engraved title, with 3 blank leaves and register leaf, 27 double-page engraved plates, old vellum, minor dampstaining, vellum soiled, partially lacking ties, slightly worn at extremities

This copy contains a long and elegant presentation inscription written by the author to Maximilian, Graf von and zu Portia and Brugnara (died 1669), who was descended from the military writer Jacopo di Porcia (see lot 369).

LITERATURE:

VD17 23:294435N

PROVENANCE:

Maximilian, Graf von and zu Portia and Brugnara, presentation inscription; purchased from Charles Sawyer, London, 21 February 1955, £20