Auction 500
Guedes Rodrigues' Private Collection
By Ecléctica Leilões
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Mar 31, 2023
Rua Luísa Todi 12G | 2925-568 Azeitão, Portugal
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LOT 14:
MANUSCRITO. [LIVRO DE APONTAMENTOS ENGENHEIRO MILITAR FRANCÊS]. s.l.. finais s. XVII.
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Sold for: €420
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Estimated price :
€400 - €600
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MANUSCRITO. [LIVRO DE APONTAMENTOS ENGENHEIRO MILITAR FRANCÊS]. s.l.. finais s. XVII.
MANUSCRITO. [LIVRO DE APONTAMENTOS ENGENHEIRO MILITAR FRANCÊS]. s.l.: s.n., finais s. XVII.
manuscrito sobre papel; 243 fólios numerados por páginas até à p. 485, com falta dos fólios numerados de 432 a 469; desenhos originais; 145 mm.
VERY CURIOUS MANUSCRIPT by a French officer who was in Portugal, in the Algarve, at the service of the Count of Sarzedas. The text consists of a treatise on arithmetic, geometry and trigonometry, followed by a treatise on fortification, superbly illustrated and with enormous rigor and detail, a treatise on perspective, notes on geography, a treatise on the organization of musketeers, a treatise on on coats of arms and, finally, notes on the history of Portugal, which includes a section on Portuguese epigraphy and reproduces three tombstones dedicated to the god Endovélicus.
