Architecturae militaris synopsis, sive accuratus prospectus hodiernae artis ac rationis muniendi, juxta methodum viginti celeberrimorum architectorum militarium in Europa - or - Vollstaendiger Entwurff der Ingenieur Kunst, oder Auf einen Anblick vorgestellter Prospect der heut zu tag gebraeuchlichen Fortifications Art, nach dem Modell und Anfuhrung XX. der beruhmtesten Ingenieur in Europa [engraving]

Architecturae militaris synopsis, sive accuratus prospectus hodiernae artis ac rationis muniendi, juxta methodum viginti celeberrimorum architectorum militarium in Europa - or - Vollstaendiger Entwurff der Ingenieur Kunst, oder Auf einen Anblick vorgestellter Prospect der heut zu tag gebraeuchlichen Fortifications Art, nach dem Modell und Anfuhrung XX. der beruhmtesten Ingenieur in Europa [engraving]

In Augspurg Verlegt von Matthaeus Seutter ... [ca. 1720]

1 colored print ; 50 x 58 cm. on sheet 55 x 62 cm.

P&E L1999F67f

Fortification design split into sections illustrating the basic ideas of 20 military engineers and writers - a sort of visual synopsis of what Sturm did in his comparative work: Blondel, Bourdin, Mallet, Pagan, de Ville, and Vauban, etc.
Color in pink, green and yellow. The titles appear in Latin in the upper left corner, and in German in the upper right corner. In the Lower left is a Key to the authors of each work, and in the lower right in the uncut fortification design.

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