[Militaria]. The Nova Architectura Militaris, Das ist: Neu-erfundene Fortificationes, Oder Vestungs-Bau by Johann Franz Griendel von Ach in the Nuremberg edition of 1683 in specimen consisting of the 2 parts with 16 engraved double-page or fold-out plates, in miscellany withDes in Wien todten Ehrlichen Sachsen Der Römischen Käyserl. Majestät Weyland Oberst-Lieutenant und Ober-Ingenieur George Rimpler herausgegebener befestigten Festung Entsatz. und Contra-Attaque auf des Herrn Johann Jacob Werdmüllers Probier-Stein der Ingenieure of c. 1725 with numerous double-page engraved militaria plates. Also in the lot is an incomplete copy of Boxhorn of Leiden's Historia obsidionis Bredae of 1625 with facsimile maps. Lot sold as a collection of plates, nonpassible for return. (2)

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