Alla maestà Cesarea di Ferdinando II. Diffesa et offesa delle piazze
A 1630 Italian treatise on fortification by Pietro Paolo Floriani, printed by Guiliano Carboni and dedicated to Emperor Ferdinand II, with numbered plates of military engineering. The pages show fortress plans, ditches, earthworks and siege devices drawn in fine line engraving with lettered callouts, offering a designer clear diagrams of geometric layouts and mechanical structures.
