Mar 09, 2017 - Sale 2438

Sale 2438 - Lot 154

Price Realized: $ 1,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
SCHEITHER, JOHANN BERNHARD VON. Novissima Praxis Militaris; oder, Neu-Vermehrte, und Verstärckte Vestungs- Baw- und Krieges-Schuel. 24 (of 25) folding engraved plates, comprising 22 with illustrations numbered 1-44 (of 45) plus one unnumbered illustration, and 2 plates showing plans of Ostend and the siege of Braunschweig. [8], 120 pages, including engraved additional title, but with pages 1-4 bound after letterpress title. Folio, 335x205 mm, contemporary vellum boards, soiling and stains on covers; text browned with dark stain in blank lower margins, plates foxed with scattered repairs causing occasional slight image loss. Braunschweig: Christoph Friedrich Zilliger & Caspar Gruber, 1672

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first edition of an account of the Ottoman siege of Candia in 1669 by a German engineer who participated in its unsuccessful defense. Jähns, page 1348.