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VALLO LIBRO Continente appertenentie ad capitanii, retenere & fortificare una citta co[n] bastioni, con noui artificii de fuoco aggio[n]ti, come nella tabola appare, & de diuerse sorte poluere, et de expugnare una citta co[n] po[n]ti, scale, argani, tro[m]be, trenciere, artegliarie, caue, dare, auisamenti senza messo allo amico, fare ordinanze, battaglioni, et ponti de disfida con lo pingere : opera molto utile con la experientia de lrte militare.

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VALLO LIBRO Continente appertenentie ad capitanii, retenere & fortificare una citta co[n] bastioni, con noui artificii de fuoco aggio[n]ti, come nella tabola appare, & de diuerse sorte poluere, et de expugnare una citta co[n] po[n]ti, scale, argani, tro[m]be, trenciere, artegliarie, caue, dare, auisamenti senza messo allo amico, fare ordinanze, battaglioni, et ponti de disfida con lo pingere : opera molto utile con la experientia de lrte militare.

by Della Valle, Battista

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(Gregorio de Gregori), Stampata in Venetia (Venice): ., 1524 ff. [8], 71, [1] leaves. One text leaf replaced in facsimile. Illustrated. 16mo. 155 mm. Italian Italic. Title page with woodcut pictorial border by Eustachio Celebrino. Ten full page woodcut illustrations; 11 illustrations in the text. One full page illustration shows fireworks, the others show siege engines, bastions, mines, battering rams, bridges, bellows and diving equipment, 26 typographical diagrams of battle formations. Decorative initials. References: BM STC Italian, 1465-1600 710; Cockle, M.J.D. Military books,; 765; Breman, P. Books on military arch. printed in Venice 317. Early full leather binding with raised bands tooled in blind. The first edition was published in 1521 and is very rare, It was the first book to contain a section on fortification but our edition, the second, was the first to contain the 3 brief chapters on fireworks. This is probably the first printed description of military fireworks of this kind. See Chris Philip, A Bibliography of Firework Books. "A military 'pocket'-manual, covering in four books the necessary knowledge and duties of an army captain. The first two books, after some general remarks on the position of a captain, treat the fortification of cities, camps and other sites, the construction of relevant machinery, both defense and attack, and other problems of military engineering. Many of these devices are reproduced, such as battering rams, scaling machines, a helmet for use under water, some simple constructions of water clocks, & c. The third book deals with tactics and battle formations and is illustrated with many typographical diagrams. The fourth and last discusses the rules of duels. It was one of the most popular early books on these practical military matters. Scarce. VINCE. Hardcover. Very Good.

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VALLO LIBRO Continente appertenentie ad capitanii, retenere & fortificare una citta co[n] bastioni, con noui artificii de fuoco aggio[n]ti, come nella tabola appare, & de diuerse sorte poluere, et de expugnare una citta co[n] po[n]ti, scale, argani, tro[m]be, trenciere, artegliarie, caue, dare, auisamenti senza messo allo amico, fare ordinanze, battaglioni, et ponti de disfida con lo pingere : opera molto utile con la experientia de lrte militare.
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Della Valle, Battista
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(Gregorio de Gregori), Stampata in Venetia (Venice): .
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1524
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ITALY; ITALIAN RENAISSANCE MILITARY FIREWORKS SIEGES TACTICS FORTIFICATION ILLUSTRATION RARE 1524
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