Second pt. (Libri 3-8) has separate t.p., with imprint: In Venetia : Appresso Nicolò Moretti, 1588 Pagination, pt. [1]: [4], 47 [i.e. 49] p., [4] leaves of plates; pt. [2]: [4], 86, 70, [2] (blank) p., [20] leaves of plates. Pt. [1], p. [49] is printed on the recto of the 1st leaf of plates The ill. comprise numerous in-text cuts and 12 double-page plates, bound in at the center fold Signatures, pt. [1]: [dagger]² A-M²; pt. [2]: [pi]² A-X² Y²(-Y2) ²A-S². The double-page plates in pt. [2] are sig
...ned on the recto of the first leaf to indicate their relation to the gathering they follow. Thus the 3 plates after T² are signed Tij, Tiiij, Tiiiiij (the 2nd leaf of T² being unsigned) Binding: later decorated paper, quarter vellum. Spine title written upwards in brown ink: Theti = Discorsi delle Fortificationi = 1589. The edges yellow Centered on front pastedown is bookplate of Giovanni Muzio
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