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The bombardment of the bastion of a town; and The breaching of its walls: Two illustrations from a treatise on the Art of War
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French School, circa 1580
The bombardment of the bastion of a town; and The breaching of its walls: Two illustrations from a treatise on the Art of War
extensively inscribed with captions (versi) and related keys (recti)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour and bodycolour heightened with white, the initial letter of each caption heightened with gold (versi), each on two joined sheets of vellum
313 x 398 mm.(a pair) (2)
The bombardment of the bastion of a town; and The breaching of its walls: Two illustrations from a treatise on the Art of War
extensively inscribed with captions (versi) and related keys (recti)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour and bodycolour heightened with white, the initial letter of each caption heightened with gold (versi), each on two joined sheets of vellum
313 x 398 mm.(a pair) (2)