Venice: Gio Antonio Rampazetto, 1598. First Edition. Half Leather. Fine. Folio. Title continues "nella quale si tratta dell'inuentione di essa, e dell'operare nelle fattioni da terra e mare, fuochi artificiati da giuoco e guerra & d'un nuouo instrumento per misurare distanze : con vna giunta della fortificatione moderna e delli errori scoperti nelle fortezze antiche, tutto Ã proposito per detto essercitio dell'artiglieria, con dissegni apparenti & assai intendenti etc." A superb first edition copy. Title page with large woodcut device, followed by 6 pages of preliminaries and 58 pages of the main work with 96 wood engravings in the text. Finely bound in recent fair-calf with blue moire cloth boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Contents excellent with pages clean and crisp, large margins, a couple of small worn tracks to the last few pages expertly repaired. An excellent copy of the first edition of Capo Bianco's important treastise.

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Bookseller: Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 007346
Title: CORONA E PALMA MILITARE DI ARTEGLIERIA
Author: Capo Bianco, Allesandro
Format/Binding: Half Leather
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Gio Antonio Rampazetto
Place of Publication: Venice
Date Published: 1598
Size: Folio
Weight: 0.00 lbs

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