1699. BOOK: (POLIORCÉTICA). LARRANDO DE MAULEON,... Lot 7

1699. BOOK: (POLIORCÉTICA). LARRANDO DE MAULEON, FRANCISCO: ESTOQUE DE LA GUERRA Y ARTE MILITAR. FIRST AND SECOND PART, EACH CONTAINING FOUR TREATISES. Barcelona: At Comellas' house, by Thomas Loriente impressor, 1699. 8º. Frontis + 16 h. + 189 p. + 10 folded plates. Signature: Frontis, Signum8, 2Signum8, A-M8, []10. The frontis corresponds to the intaglio coat of arms of D. Francisco Antonio Antonio Fernández de Velasco y Tobar, viceroy of Catalonia, to whom the work is dedicated. Illustrated with woodcut capitals and culs-de-lampe. The 10 intaglio plates, folded at the end and each of them attached to a blank sheet of the period. Curious and rare work written by its author just after the siege of Barcelona in 1697, after having fought at the Viceroy's side. Enc. in period Spanish paperback, slightly restored, slightly open drawers. Contains a handwritten note in pencil, on the courtesy leaf, by Antonio Cánovas del Castillo and a handwritten overleaf, with the transcription. Exlibris of D. A. Cánovas del Castillo. CCPB 318607-5. Palau 132061.