DE FER (Nicolas). Introduction to fortification. Paris, chez - Lot 60

DE FER (Nicolas). Introduction to fortification. Paris, chez l'Autheur [1695-1705]. 2 volumes in-4°, brown calf, ornate ribbed spine, marbled edges (period binding). Collection dedicated to the Duke of Burgundy, entirely engraved by Nicolas de Fer, engraver, publisher and geographer to the King, whose sign was the Sphère royale, on the Quais de l'Horloge in the Ile de la Cité. A title-frontispiece, 194 double plates mounted on mitre and two table leaves (announcing only 188 maps and plans). Plate 97 does not exist, and the additional plans: "Le plan de Hesdin", "Plan de Menin", "Aire", "Mons et ses environs", "Québec" and "Plan de Batavia" do not appear in the table. Finally, the "Table geographique" [no. 189] is folded). IMPORTANT ATLAS OF FORTIFIED CITIES of France, Germany and Austria, Italy and Spain, with some views of Constantinople, the Dardanelles, views of Tripoli, Algiers and Batavia. Boards russeted; wet stamp on title and "Table geographique" (which is mounted upside down).