Author: Francesco Tensini Printed in Venetia appresso Antonio Bariletti e fratelli al segno del Mondo 1630, the first edition is dated 1624. The book is in folio with rigid parchment cover with binding ribs on the rib, beautiful engraving on the first page representing an architecture, with Minerva, muses, war machines and more. On the second is a portrait of the author, aged 44, enclosed in an elaborate frame of putti with war emblems. The volume is a treatise displaying the best of 17th century military knowledge and architecture, based on Tensini's experience. Inside the volume are magnificent engravings-illustrations by Odoardo Fialetti (1573-1638), an Italian painter and engraver who collaborated with Tintoretto. There are capilettera and engravings larger than the size of the volume. Volume in very good condition, except for a few small damp stains on a few pages.