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CAPOBIANCO, Alexander. Corona e Palma Militare di Artiglieria, Nella si parla dell'Invenzione di essa, e dell'operare nelle fattioni di Terra, e Mare, fuochi artificiati da Giuoco, e Guerra; & d'un Nuovo Instrumento per misurare distanze... Venice, Francesco Bariletti, 1602 Folio; 330x225 mm; coeval binding in full brown leather, gilt tit. and friezes on spine gussets; cc. 4 nn. (incl. Frontispiece), 58; numer. errors; large xyl. vign. to Frontispiece, many xyls n.t. of various sizes; nice typ. mark at end with globe. Damage to caps; some moisture glazing to last few papers and a few bunita pages. Overall good copy. Rare Edition of this important work on artillery, richly figured. Many different ordnance and fire devices are illustrated; from c. 47 v. treatise on the instrument for measuring distances, the operation of which and the method of making it are explained.Riccardi I, 232; British, I, p. 182. Folio; 330x225 mm; contemporary full calf binding, gilt title on label and ornaments on back; 4 unnumbered leaves (incl. titlepage), 58, numbering errors; large woodcut vignette on titlepage; many woodcuts in the text of various sizes; nice printer's device in the end with the globe. Damage on spine-ends; some traces of humidity and some browning pages. Good specimen. Rare Edition of this important work on artillery, richly illustrated. Many different bombs and firearms are illustrated; from verso of leaf 47 the treatise on the instrument for measuring distances, which explains how it works and how to make it.

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CAPOBIANCO, Alexander. Corona e Palma Militare di Artiglieri

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Starting price 1 600 EUR

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