[Militaria]. Scala, John. Delle fortificationi di Giovanni Scala mathematico. Rome, Giuseppe de Rossi, 1627. In 2nd (352 x 235 mm). Fully engraved work with 1 frontispiece within elaborate architectural frame bearing the date 1627 at the foot of the page, 1 dedication card and 59 figures of fortifications, 2 of which are full-page and 2 double-page (1 illustration card is missing, table 15 cut out and pasted in.) Antique parchment binding with traces of two bindings (new rewindings). Private library stamp on verso of title page. Second edition edited by the Friulian mathematician devoted to military engineering. Riccardi I:2, 426: "Opera rarissima."

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