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13 - Pistofilo, Bonaventura. *Il Torneo*. Bologna, Ferroni, 1627. First edition of this richly illustrated book on exercises with the lance and axe
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Pistofilo, Bonaventura. *Il Torneo*. Bologna, Ferroni, 1627. First edition of this richly illustrated book on exercises with the lance and axe Pistofilo, Bonaventura. *Il Torneo*. Bologna, Ferroni, 1627. Quarto (230 x 168 mm); [16], 554, [1] pages. Allegorical title page depicting arms by Michelangelo Baglioni, portrait of the author, diagrams and musical notation in the text, woodcut friezes, 117 full-page engravings depicting combatants in armor (section H is missing; tears on pages 117 and 231; sporadic stains and discoloration). Contemporary full-parchment binding, handwritten title on the spine (defects and losses). In addition to the magnificent plates engraved by Giovanni Battista Coriolano, the work includes several sheets with musical notation for the drum, representing one of the earliest examples of printed military music. Gelli, 163; Lipperheide 2959; Cicognara, 1433. First edition of this richly illustrated book of spear and axe exercises
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