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78 - MANESSON MALLET, Alain.
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Estimate €500 - €600
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MANESSON MALLET, Alain. Den Arbeid van Mars, or Nieuwe Vesting-Bouw. Amsterdam, Janssonius Waesberge; Jacob van Meurs, 1672. 3 parts in one large 12mo volume, (12) folios including title page, frontispiece and portrait, 247-(4) pp.; 12 folios including title page and frontispiece, 272 pp.; (8) ff., 271 pp., 294 (out of 295) large in-text figures engraved in black on copper. Contemporary mottled and polished havana calfskin, ribbed spine, gilt title, decorated panels (binding rubbed, joints split, marginal defects including some foxing, water stains or small losses at the corners, a tear affecting a map on p. 31 of the first part, half of the map on p. 93 is missing, pp. 227–228 of vol. 2 are missing). First Dutch edition. The illustrations comprise a frontispiece title page for each part, a portrait and over 294 full-page black copperplate engravings by Romeyn de Hooghe, including numerous plans of fortified towns. The Work of Mars, or the Construction of New Fortifications. Provenance: Ex-libris D. Laport. POLIORCETICS. MILITARIA.
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Auction time 10/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
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