En tibi lector Robertvm Valtvrivm, ad illvstrem heroa Sigismvndum Pandulphum Malatestam Ariminensium regem, De re militari libris XII : multò emaculatius, ac picturis, quae plurimae in eo sunt, elegantioribus expressum, quam cum Veronae inter initia artis chalcographicae anno M.cccclxxxiii. inuulgaretur
A 1532 Paris edition of Roberto Valturio's Latin treatise on military art, printed by Christian Wechel and issued for a Renaissance readership of military engineers and rulers, with the Latin title honouring Sigismondo Malatesta. Its woodcut plates show siege engines, bridges, boats and fortifications drawn in clear outline with minimal shading, a useful model for technical diagrams with simple linework and small labels set beneath each plate.
