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De La pirotechnia (1540). by BIRINGUCCIO, Vannoccio (c.1480 – c.1539); MIELI, Aldo (editor) (1879-1950) - 1914

by BIRINGUCCIO, Vannoccio (c.1480 – c.1539); MIELI, Aldo (editor) (1879-1950)

De La pirotechnia (1540). by BIRINGUCCIO, Vannoccio (c.1480 – c.1539); MIELI, Aldo (editor) (1879-1950) - 1914

De La pirotechnia (1540).

by BIRINGUCCIO, Vannoccio (c.1480 – c.1539); MIELI, Aldo (editor) (1879-1950)

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Bari:: Societa Tipografica Editrice Barese, 1914., 1914. Tome 1 (complete) of this series. Series: Classici delle scienze e della filosofia; Ser. scient.; Classici delle scienze e della filosofia / Serie scientifica, Classici delle scienze e della filosofia, 1. 8vo. lxxxv, 198 pp. Illus.; hinges and cords, including that of title page, all loose (wartime paper brittle). Later quarter brown cloth over brown textured paper over boards, spine labels; rubbed. Burndy bookplate. As is, but serviceable copy. BIRINGUCCIO's classic work, De La pirotechnia, was first issued (posthumously) in 1540. It is a fundamental work on the art of metallurgy. "Biringuccio is considered by some as the father of the foundry industry as De la pirotechnia is the first printed account of proper foundry practice." [SciHi]. The editor, Aldo Mieli, was an influential historian of science, and a pioneer of gay rights. He is now considered one of the founders of the discipline of the history of science, as one of the first to consider it a discipline.
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  • Publisher Societa Tipografica Editrice Barese, 1914.
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  • Date Published 1914
  • Keywords Metallurgy
DE LA PIROTECHNIA (1540) Volume I
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DE LA PIROTECHNIA (1540) Volume I

by BIRINGUCCIO, Vannoccio (1480-1539), ed. Aldo Mieli

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  • Hardcover
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Bari: Societa Tipografica Editrice Barese, 1914. 1st hus . Hardcover. Good+. 13.5 Cm x 21 Cm. lxxxv+facs.1540 t.p.+198+original red decorated printed gray card covers bound in; new front endpaper and rear pastedown have innocuous small (15 mm) round stamp of the Birmingham Assay Office Library, which undetook the library binding, gutter opening after orig. half-title, 10 text figs, gutter before final leaf is 'stretched' with some tearing due to binding awkwardness in relation to bound in covers - but not a major problem; green cloth covers clean and unworn but fading strip across top front, leather spine good with gilt lettering and dates, side strips show it was originally green but spine itself now dark brown. All in Italian of course. This was intended to be the first full definitive modern edition on Biringuccio's landmark text for history of chemistory and metallurgy, and its introduction is praised by Smith and Gnudi in their 1943 English translation, but they confirm that only… Read More
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