Sold for:
$3,172
$3,172
[Venice:] [Grazioso Percacino], 1570. Large folio, full limp vellum. First (and only) edition, considered one of the most beautifully engraved military fortification books of all time. Engraved architectural title page, 39 engraved illustrations of fortifications, of which 19 are double-page. [66]-406-[1]. Worm traces to lower inner margins of many leaves, occasionally resulting in marginal loss to illustrations; occasional marginalia; soiling and warping to vellum; spotting and soiling to some pages; foxing along edges of most pages; intermittent dampstaining along upper edge and inner margin of some leaves; otherwise fine.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2010-08-12