He was preceded by Marolois, (a cotemporary of Pagan,) who published in 1613.
In Germany, Rimpler, a Saxon, wrote on fortification in 1671.

He was a man of great experience, having served at the sieges of Candia, Phillipsburg, Bonn, Riga, Bremen, Dansburg, Bommeln, &c.

He fell at the siege of Vienna in 1683.

His writings are said to contain the groundwork of Montalembert's system.
In Italy, after the time of Tartaglia, Marchi, Campi, &c., we find no great improvement in this art.

Several Italians, however, distinguished themselves as engineers under the Spaniards.