[PRINT - MILITARY]. BOWLES, Thomas and John BOWLES.

Military Architecture describing all parts of a Fortification and all that relates to Seiges [sic] Battles Marches of Armies & Incampments; as also to all sorts of warlike instruments used in attacking or defending towns &c.London, Thomas Bowles and John Bowles, 1737. Engraved imaginary bird's-eye view (43 x 61 cm) with the title in a decorated cartouche at bottom right, a second title "Military Architecture" along the top, and hundreds of illustrations of fortifications, artillery, military equipment and hand tools, etc., each with a short descriptive caption.

Karlsruher Virt. Kat. (1 copy); not in OCLC WorldCat.Rare and remarkable engraved sheet showing showing fortifications, artillery and other military equipement and tools, both defensive and offensive. Within the setting of a fantasy bird's-eye view that identifies the "Mediterranean Sea" but otherwise neither depicts nor indicates any location in the real world, all kinds of fortifications, offensive and defensive weaponry and a great number of (hand) tools used for the constructing of military encampments and operation of canons, etc., are depicted and explained, as well as various sorts of ships at sea. This informative compilation of military hardware may very well may have been used as a kind of guide for making plans of sieges and land or sea battles. The London print sellers and publishers Thomas and John Bowles used a format that had became popular in Holland at the beginning of the eighteenth century. With some minor offsetting but otherwise in fine condition. A rare and very informative view of military equipment.

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• 订书号：: 88AFA1E2WRWH

• 书商: Asher Rare Books (Since 1830) (NETHERLANDS)