Teorica, et prattica di guerra terrestre, et maritima
by MENDOZA, Bernardino de, Salustio GRAZI (Trad.) and Giovanni Battista CIOTTI (Ed)
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- first
- Condition
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About This Item
FIRST ITALIAN EDITION. 4to, ff. [4] 92. Italic letter, sporadic Roman. Large printer's device on t-p, woodcut initials and headpieces. Very light damp staining to lower outer corner of few initial leaves. Attractive contemp. limp vellum with remains of ties, early handwritten title to spine. An excellent copy; bright, clean and crisp throughout.
Italian vernacular translation of this treatise on the art of terrestrial and marine warfare written by Spanish diplomat Bernardino de Mendoza and dedicated, by the editor, to the Duke of Mantova and Monferrato Vincenzo Gonzaga.
Edit16 CNCE 39402; Cockle 580; Palau 163697; Breman, Books on military architecture printed in Venice, no. 201.
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- Orsi Libri ALAI, ILAB (IT)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7
- Title
- Teorica, et prattica di guerra terrestre, et maritima
- Author
- MENDOZA, Bernardino de, Salustio GRAZI (Trad.) and Giovanni Battista CIOTTI (Ed)
- Format/Binding
- Contemp. limp vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- appresso Gio. Battista Ciotti senese
- Place of Publication
- Venice
- Date Published
- 1596
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- https://orsilibri.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1500-1650.pdf;
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