three-18th-century-warfare-tutorial-diagrams
Lot 510
Three 18th Century Warfare Tutorial Diagrams
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Copperplate engravings, by noted cartographers, all large oblong folios, to include: Petrus Schenk the Elder, "Carte Qui Represente Les Pieces Qui Sont Comprises Dans L' Architecture Militaire...," Amsterdam, 1703, depicting types of fortifications, military goods and warships. Not colored; plus... Matthias, Seutter, Augsburg, n.d., circa 1720, "TAFEL in welcher alle gehorige Werck - zeuge zur KRIEGS-KUNSTE...," after the preceding work by Schenk, adding canon and hand-coloring; ...plus; "TAFEL in welcher alle gehorige Werck - zeuge zur KRIEGS-KUNSTE...," by Johann Baptista Homman, Nurnberg, the same title and a mirror reverse of the Seutte map, also with hand-coloring, presented in deeply carved modern wood and gesso frame.

The Private Collection of a Lady

Minor creases and light soiling; very good condition overall; the Homann not examined out of the frame.

$400 - 800