Albertolli, Ferdinando. Gates of cities and fortresses sepulchral deposits and other principal factories. Milan, Cesarea Regia Stamperia di Milano, Giuseppe and Pietro Vallardi, 1815. In 2nd oblong (423 x 610 mm). 10, [2] pages, [1], 29 tablesolenumberedengraved in aquatint (stain to white margin of one plate, some marginal blooming outside of plates). Coeval half-leather binding with gold title on red gusset to front plate (spine missing). First edition, dedicated to theoperations ofSanmichelie edited by Albertolli.Sanmichelifwas one of the greatest representatives of Mannerism.He worked as a civil architect, but was mainly concerned with militaryconstructionsparticularly to the fortifications of the cities of the Venetian empire.

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