BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE

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French

     In 1648 German and French translations of the Architectura militaris moderna, published the preceding year at the shop of Lowijs Elzevier, came out simultaneously.  These translations guaranteed success for the work all through the 17^th century.
Contrary to the French translation, the German version, attributed to Philipp von Zesen, comprises neither dedication nor introductory words.  On the other hand the work opens with a "Dolmetscher", a trilingual alphabetic lexicon which gives Latin and French translations of the German terms.

Frédérique Lemerle (Centre national de la recherche scientifique,
Centre d'études supérieures de la Renaissance, Tours) – 2010

Critical bibliography

D. Bierens de Haan, Bibliographie néerlandaise historique-scientifique des ouvrages importants dont les auteurs sont nés aux 16^e, 17^e, et 18^e siècles, sur les sciences mathématiques et physiques, avec leurs applications, Nieuwkoop, de Graaf, 1960, p. 76.

W. Frijhoff (ed.), Geschiedenis van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Sun, 2004.

T. Hirsch, "Dögen, Matthias", R. von Liliencron & F.-X. Wegele (ed.), Allgemeine deutsche Biographie, vol. 5, Leipzig, Duncker und Humblot, 1877, pp. 294-295.

M. D. Pollak, Military architecture cartography and the representation of the early modern European city. A checklist of treatises on fortification in the Newberry Library, Chicago, The Newberry Library, 1991, pp. 28-29.

U. Schütte (ed.), Architekt und Ingenieur. Baumeister in Krieg und Frieden, exhibition catalogue of the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolffenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek, 1984.