Illustrated Siege (2 results)

Limited edition. Lettered issue, one of 26 copies. Signed by the author and the dustjacket artist. Publisher's original white faux 'leather' with metallic red titles to the spine, in the Clayton James Cubitt 'Siege' illustrated dustwrapper. Publisher's dark blue and black stitched leather solander case. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears and housed in the fine folding tray case, as issued. Issued in an edition of 26 lettered copies, of which this example is lettered 'P' and signed by the author Warren Ellis and dustjacket artist 'Siege' in black ink on the limitation page. This is the graphic novelist Warren Ellis' first novel. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Giustiniano, Pompeo. Delle guerre di Fiandra libri VI . Posti in luce da Gioseppe Gamurini . Antwerp, Joachim Trognesius, 1609. 4to. [4] + 329 + [18]p. Roman & Italic. With engraved architectural title and 29 engraved folding plates. Woodcut ornaments and initials. Contemporary limp vellum. First edition of a professional soldier's eyewitness report on battles and sieges conducted during the Spanish campaign in Flanders (1601-1609) valued for its historical accuracy and its literary merit. It is the only work on the military operations from the Spanish side. Giustiniano (1569-1616) was a Ligurian mercenary soldier serving under Ambrosio Spinola, commander of the Spanish forces fighting for the Archdukes Albert and Isabella. The chief event of the campaign here described was the three-and-a half year siege of Ostend when the author acted as quarter master general. The city was the last Dutch coastal fortress to surrender to Spinola in 1604. The work is remarkable for its excellent engraved folding plates include maps, town plans, pontoon bridges and dykes, sieges and troop movements in various locations. The editor, Giuseppe Gamurini, also translated a Latin edition published the same year. Giustinano reached the rank of colonel, and was appointed war counsellor to the 'Catholic King'; he lost an arm during the siege of Antwerp, replaced it with an artificial limb, and was nicknamed 'Bras de Fer'. He entered the Venetian service in 1613, became captain-general, and had an equestrian statue built in his honour in San Giovanni e Paolo in Venice. Intermittent browning, mostly in text. Palau 102835; Soprani, Li scrittori de la Liguria (Genoa 1667), p244; STCV 6624785.…