Joseph Gallicius's 17th-Century Book on Military Geometry

Josephi Gallicii. JOSEPHI GALLICII DIVI GEORGII EQUITIS. GEOMETRIA MILITARIS IN QUA LINEARUM, PLANORUM, AC SOLIDARUM QUANTITATES IN OPERIBUS MILITARIBUS EXISTENTES CONFIDERANTUR. Munich: Joannis Jaecklini, 1676. Full calf, with raised bands and gilt lettering and designs on spine, marbled endpapers, all edges stained red. Folio; [22] 278pp. with [4] additional leaves and 21 folding or double-page plates of figures located in sections at the end of books two, three, and four. Roman type with italic; text in Latin. Woodcut device on title page, woodcut ornaments. USTC 2570719; VD17 23:321884A.
12 3/8 x 8 in.
This is the only edition of Geometria Militaris In Qua Linearum, Planorum, Ac Solidarum Quantitates In Operibus Militaribus Existentes Confiderantur, or Military Geometry in which the Quantities of Lines, Planes, and Solids Existing in Military Works are Considered. It is a scarce, well-illustrated title with no copies in U.S. institutions, according to WorldCat at time of evaluation.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
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Boards scuffed, with edgewear, loss to leather at head and tail, and cracking at joints, binding still sturdy; scuffing to endpapers with cracking at front hinge and minor wormholes on rear paste-down; missing blank endleaves; pages lightly toned with moderate foxing, taped repair to p. 167, with occasional minor chip to page edges or small loss to tail or outer margin not impacting text; wormholes on several pages including at inner margins and hinges of final set of figures; several plates with repairs to margins and light water stains; plates complete and in good overall condition.