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STEVIN (SIMON) Castrametatio, dat is Legermeting
22 April 2009, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£400 - £500
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Castrametatio, dat is Legermeting, first edition, woodcut vignette on title, engraved portrait of Maurice, Prince of Orange and full-page engraved coat-of-arms (both inserted from a smaller copy), library label and inscription of Dr. Max Jähns, library stamp erased from blank lower margin of title, short tear repaired to fore-margin of final 2 leaves, contemporary limp vellum gilt, rebacked, one fore-margin repaired, later ties [Bierens de Haan 4574; Cockle 703; Honeyman 2908], small folio, Rotterdam, Jan Van Waesberghe, 1617
Footnotes
An important work on military surveying and the laying out of a military camp, particularly in relation to Maurice, Prince of Orange to whom Stevin (1584-1620) was an adviser
Provenance:
The Honeyman copy

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