Bertolami Fine Arts srl Piazza Lovatelli, 1 00186 Roma Italia, Italy
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26 giugno 2023, ore 15
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LOT 43:
PIETRO SARDI
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PIETRO SARDI
L'Artiglieria, divisa in tre libri. Nel Primo dei quali, si discorre sopra le Macchine Antiche, et
Armi da offendere. Nel secondo si tratta, che cosa sia Artiglieria ... Nel Terzo Libro si tratta
con somma facilità .. dell' Uso di tale Artiglieria.
Bologna, Gio. Parisini all’insegna della Rosa, 1689.
Folio 37x24.7 cm
Contemporary vellum with covered spine and handwritten title, slight halo at top and bottom corners, signs of usage and small marginal restorations, 3 tables trimmed in the outer margin, however still a
fair copy; ex-libris. Engraved frontispiece with a portrait of the author within 2 cannons, surmounted by the coat of arms of the city of Bologna, to whose senate the publisher and engraver (?) Antonio Maria Orsoni, 'bombardier' in force in the city, who monogrammed the plates. pp. (14 incl. Frontispiece), 142 and 2 original bb., with 23 engraved plates, some of which are full-page, and 4 overleaf (there should actually be 9, but 5 of these are included in the numbering system).
