Fortifications. Plans of imaginary fortifications
Reference code
MSS/0824
Title
Fortifications. Plans of imaginary fortifications
Date
17th century
Level of description
item
Extent and format
ff. iii + 53 plans (double spreads).
Large quarto.
Leather binding, brown.
Bookplate of Sir Alfred William Clapham, CBE, PSA, fol. i.
Large quarto.
Leather binding, brown.
Bookplate of Sir Alfred William Clapham, CBE, PSA, fol. i.
Scope and content
'Capricci dell' Architettura Militare del CA.. [monogram] sotto la disciplina del sigr. Rutta Maestro Della sudta nel Collegio de Nobili di Parma' (title page).
Fifty-three colour-wash plans of fortified sites consisting of technical exercises in military architecture relating mostly to imaginary sites, the object of each exercise being described in Italian in labels on each drawing. The last drawing, fol. 53, is a plan of Valetta, Malta (before the Cottonera lines, started 1670; inf. John A Goodall, FSA).
Title page, fol. iii, with decorative border of military trophies, gun carriages, etc., in brown wash.
Fifty-three colour-wash plans of fortified sites consisting of technical exercises in military architecture relating mostly to imaginary sites, the object of each exercise being described in Italian in labels on each drawing. The last drawing, fol. 53, is a plan of Valetta, Malta (before the Cottonera lines, started 1670; inf. John A Goodall, FSA).
Title page, fol. iii, with decorative border of military trophies, gun carriages, etc., in brown wash.
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/824
Language
Italian