Militaria - Forge of Mars in which with admirable... Lot 259

Militaria - Forge of Mars in which with admirable industry, and with the finest temper of military instruction, all orders are prepared [...] Venice, Giunti, 1641. 4°. Richly engraved frontispiece, 1 full-page and 5 fold-out plates. Bound with Sari Romano, Pietro. Il Capo de' Bombardieri examined & approved by the General of Artillery, Venice, Giunti, 1641. Woodworm holes to inner margin, some restoration, scattered flourishes, light browning, a few small haloes, a few loose papers, second text detached from the rest of the body of the book, except for the title page, coeval vellum binding, manuscript title to spine, small lacks, defects.