281 - Militaria - An anthology containing three illustrated German-language works on artillery, military technology, and fortifications. Various places of publication, 1625, 1630, and 1687. 31 x 19 cm. 18th-century marbled leather binding with gold-stamped spine label and floral gilding on the spine (slightly scuffed and bumped).

Militaria - An anthology containing three illustrated German-language works on artillery, military technology, and fortifications. Various places of publication, 1625, 1630, and 1687. 31 x 19 cm. 18th-century marbled leather binding with gold-stamped spine label and floral gilding on the spine (slightly scuffed and bumped). I. Helm, Franz. *Armamentarium Principale* or *Book of War Munitions and Artillery*. With a wide figurative title border in copperplate engraving, 33 numbered text plates, and copper plates 34–37. Frankfurt am Main, J. Ammon, 1625. 4 leaves, 113 pp., 2 leaves. - First edition. - VD17 23:295467B. - Helm (1500–1567) was an artillery officer under Emperor Charles V and fought against the Turks. The work is based on the “Feuerwerkbuch” (Book of Fireworks) from 1420, supplemented with modern contemporary military technology. — Copper title plate trimmed on the outside; faint water stain at the beginning; heavily browned almost throughout. — II. Ufano, Diego. Archeley, that is, a thorough and accurate account of artillery and all its accessories ... Furthermore, how to properly arrange batteries and counter-batteries ... With a copperplate title page and 24 (of 29) copperplate plates, some folded, some cut into individual figures (all supplemented from a different edition). Zutphen, A. Janson, 1630. 128 pp., 1 fol., 6 pp. - VD 17 23:665289T or 23:295417A. - A 17th-century artillery classic, first translated from the Spanish by J. T. de Bry in 1614. - Copperplate title page has brown spots and is trimmed, otherwise clean. - III. Suttinger, Daniel. The Relief and Counterattack of a Fortified Fortress, published by the late Chief Engineer George Rimpler of Vienna, based on Werdmüller’s “Touchstone for Engineers.” With 11 folded copper plates. Dresden, C. Mathesius, 1687 (printed in Nuremberg by M. Endter, 1696). 3 (instead of 4, without half-title) leaves, 47 pp. - VD 17 23:322176A. - First edition, printed from the sheets taken over by Endter. Rimpler is famous for his fortifications of the Vienna fortress during the Second Turkish Siege, in which he himself perished as early as 1683. The editor was a colleague of Rimpler’s. - Slightly browned, watermark at the top, last blank page with an ink stain. - Provenance: Ownership notation by J. Hopkey, Chief Fire-Master at the Royal Arsenal; bookplate and dry stamp of the Macclesfield Library. *