Diffesa et offesa delle piazze
By: di Pietro Paolo Floriani da Macerata
Contributors: Pellegrinus, Ioannes Franciscus, 17th cent.; Doino, Catarino, fl. 1596-1640
Publisher: Apresso Giuliano Carboni
Published: 1630
Place of publication: In Macerata
Language: ita
Number of pages: 218
Subjects: Fortification -- Early works to 1800; Siege warfare -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Alla maesta cesarea di Ferdinando II, Diffesa et offesa delle piazze; Difesa et offesa delle piazze
Notes: Engraved t.p. with the imperial arms. Port. of Floriani signed: Io. Franciscus Pellegrinus Anconitanus scolpebat. The 45 leaves of plates are signed but not paged. They are numbered consecutively 1-51 with the 7 in-text ill., with one leaf unnumbered. The unnumbered plate on ¹T2r is signed: Doino. The final folded plate numbered 51 (sheet 48 x 58 cm.) is signed by Pellegrinus.

Signatures: +² ++² a-h² A-T² ²T² V-4F².

In Getty c. 1, leaf +2 bound after ++2; a-h² (contents & index) bound after text. In c. 2 bifolium K quired in L, as is necessary for correct page and plate numbering.

Binding, c. 1: old limp vellum. Giovanni Muzio's etched bookplate by Giacomo Manzù, now covered by a photoreproduction omitting the names.

Binding, c. 2: old limp vellum. Theodore Besterman's calligraphic label, signed P.S.