Lot 3749: Ruse, Henrick (1624-1679). , The strengthening of strong-holds: invented on several occasions, and practised during the late wars, as well in the United Provinces, as in France, Germany, Italy, Dalmatia, Albania, and the neighbouring countries...

Name: Ruse, Henrick (1624-1679). , The strengthening of strong-holds: invented on several occasions, and practised during the late wars, as well in the United Provinces, as in France, Germany, Italy, Dalmatia, Albania, and the neighbouring countries...
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: l5l328o4vh

Est: £1,500 GBP - £2,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomOctober 30, 2007

Item Overview

Description

folio (346 x 218mm.), [8], 53, [1]pp., ruled in red throughout, illustration : additional engraved title-page (in Dutch), 8 double-page engraved plates, binding : contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, binding rubbed, joints cracking

Artist or Maker

Hendrik Ruse

Literature

Wing R2314 (listing only 4 copies); cf. Berlin Catalogue 3530 (Dutch edition)

Provenance

William Jones, inscription on title-page

Notes

A translation of Verstercke Vesting, originally published by Blaeu in 1654.

Auction Details

The Library of the Earls of Macclesfield Part Ten: Applied Arts and Sciences, including Military and Naval Works

Sotheby's

October 30, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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