LIPSIUS (Just.). Military Art. Justi Lipsi Poliorceticon siv - Lot 127

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LIPSIUS (Just.). Military Art. Justi Lipsi Poliorceticon siv - Lot 127
LIPSIUS (Just.). Military Art. Justi Lipsi Poliorceticon sive de machinis. Tormentis. Telis. Libri quinque ad historiarum lucem. Editio tertia, correcta et aucta. Antwerpiae, ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Johannem Moretum, 1605. In-4 vellum, title on spine in pen, red tr. This work is a history of the war machines used by the ancients to attack strongholds by land or sea. It is decorated with a title vignette, 25 full-page and 11 half-page figures in the text and a nice mark at the end of the volume. These very beautiful and curious figures engraved on copper, probably by Pierre van der Borcht. A very fine copy in its first binding, in very attractive condition. (Funck, p. 354).
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