L'ingénieur pratique ou L'architecture militaire et moderne [...].

8vo: [12 incl. front.]-348-[18] pp.; 35 pl. and 1 table (occ. foxing).

Later calf, spine with raised bands, spr. edges (rubbed).

First French edition translated from the Spanish (first 1687) of this architectural treatise by the military mathematician and engineer Fernandez de Medrano (1646-1705). Ill. with an engr. front. showing Pallas and Mars offering the book to Joseph Ferdinand, Elector of Bavaria, represented as a child warrior with all the symbols of power and 35 fold. pl. The work is a practical one-volume manual with several points made clearer and easier to use than the original Spanish two-volume edition.
Ref. STCV. - BnF. - COPAC. - Opac KBR.