[MILITARIA]. [ARCHITECTURE]. Libro d'ogni sorte di fortificazioni. Sì regolari, ch'inregolari, piatteforme, revelini, mezzelune, opera a'corno, coronate, tenaglie, forti da campagna, ridote, mezzeridote, stele di più sorti; con metodo facillissimo à pratticarsi nel' operare in campagna. In Italian, manuscript on paper. Italy, Rome, ca. 1700. [2] ff. (title, argument) + 126 pp. + [1] f. (table), cursive writing in brown ink, 14 plates, 11 of them folded, diagrams and illustrations in-text, some plans and diagrams enhanced with pink ink wash, text inscribed in a frame drawn in red ink. Bound in brown basane, fillets on the boards with fleurons at the corners, spine with ornate nerves, gilt edges (dull headpieces). Dimensions : 280 x 205 mmVery beautiful handwritten treatise of military architecture, abundantly illustrated with diagrams, sections, plans and views . Neither the author nor the copyist and draftsman are identified, and the work is apparently unpublished. The anonymous author discusses the various polygonal defense buildings. Provenance: Inscription in ink, "Ad uso di Antonio Sempiterni Tolotti di Rieti. Tolotti was an engineer who published in Rietti in 1823: Rota Idrometra.