A fine illustrated Italian sixteenth-century work on fortification and military architecture

BUSCA, GABRIELLO

Della espugnatione et difesa delle fortezze, libri due. Turin: heirs of Nicolò Bevilacqua, 1585. First edition. Modern vellum. 9 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches (24.25 x 18 cm); [8], 256, [3] pp., 10 double-page woodcuts of military operations, woodcut arms of Savoy on title, historiated woodcut initials. Repairs to inner margin of first and last 2 leaves, some light staining, generally an attractive copy, with the H.P. Kraus label.

First edition of a fine illustrated Italian sixteenth-century work on fortification and military architecture. Gabriello Busca (circa. 1540-1619) had been in the service of the Duke of Savoy since 1570, and he was the first to discuss the proportions and functions of the different parts of a military front. Adams B-3333; Ayala, no. 89; Cockle 785; Ind. Aur. 128.115; Riccardi I, 204, no. 2a.
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