PERRET, Jacques. Etlicher Festungen, Städt, Kirchen, Schlösser un[d] Hässser. Frankfurt: Wolfgang Richter, 1602. [Bound with:] ERRARD, Jean (1554-1610). Fortificatio. Frankfurt: Wolfgang Richter, 1604. 2 works in one volume, small 2° (296 x 195mm). Engraved architectural title-page and 26 engraved plates, including 17 double-page (plate margins occasional shaved); the second work with engraved architectural title-page, 37 (of 38) double-page engraved plates, woodcut head-pieces, one tail-piece, illustrations in the text (lacking one plate, occasional minor soiling to margins.) Contemporary green vellum, blue edges (lower edges worn, spine worn at head and foot, some loss to foot). Provenance: Ignatius Bisinger (signature) -- Kaiser Wilhelm Regiment Officer's Library (oval stamp to margin of title-page).

PERRET, Jacques. Etlicher Festungen, Städt, Kirchen, Schlösser un[d] Hässser. Frankfurt: Wolfgang Richter, 1602. [Bound with:] ERRARD, Jean (1554-1610). Fortificatio. Frankfurt: Wolfgang Richter, 1604. 2 works in one volume, small 2° (296 x 195mm). Engraved architectural title-page and 26 engraved plates, including 17 double-page (plate margins occasional shaved); the second work with engraved architectural title-page, 37 (of 38) double-page engraved plates, woodcut head-pieces, one tail-piece, illustrations in the text (lacking one plate, occasional minor soiling to margins.) Contemporary green vellum, blue edges (lower edges worn, spine worn at head and foot, some loss to foot). Provenance: Ignatius Bisinger (signature) -- Kaiser Wilhelm Regiment Officer's Library (oval stamp to margin of title-page).

FIRST GERMAN EDITION of both works. Perret was architect to Henri IV of France, whose equestrian statue surmounts the triumphal arch on the title-page to the first part, whilst Errard was the King's principal military engineer and the first Frenchman to write on the subject. Cf. RIBA 4050; cf. Millard French, 139, 68.