(1524). DELLA VALLE (Battista). VALLO LIBRO CONTINENTE APPER - Lot 110

(1524). DELLA VALLE (Battista). VALLO LIBRO CONTINENTE APPERTENENTIE AD CAPITANII, retenere & fortificare una Cita con bastioni, con novi artificii de fuoco... Venice, (Gregorio de Gregori), March 11, 1524. Small in-8 of [8]-71 leaves, covered vellum, gilt fillets, laces (modern pastiche binding). Second edition, published 3 years after the original, of this treatise on military art. The title is set in a frame of war scenes, followed by 10 FULL-PAGE ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS ON WOOD, 11 IN TEXT, another at the beginning showing fireworks, the others showing siege engines, bastions, mines, rams, bridges, bellows and diving equipment and 26 diagrams of battle formations. A good copy. (USTC, 826392).