En tibi lector Robertum Valturium ... De re militari libris XII

Valturio, Roberto, 1405-1475 · 1532 · Parisiis, Apud Christianum Wechelum, sub insigni scuti Basiliensis · 12 pictures

A 1532 Paris edition of Roberto Valturio's Latin treatise on military art in twelve books, printed by Christian Wechel and aimed at scholars and commanders. Its pictures are crisp black-line woodcuts of siege engines, towers and artillery set on bare ground, with clean outlines and little shading, offering a designer a model of early mechanical drawing and fortification structure.

Military art and science · Military art and science -- Early works to 1800

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