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Title

Trattato di varie cose attenenti a guerra, molini, aque, pesi, mechaniche fortezze, et altro

Other related names

• North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827, former owner
• Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner

Call number

LJS 22
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 5816242
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5816242

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1687

Place

Italy

Summary

Illustrated treatise in 4 books on machinery, addressing machines for attacking fortified cities, the use of waterwheels in mills and manufacturing, and the construction of defensive fortifications, followed by an alphabetical index. Some oxidation, especially along heavy lines.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (p. i); spine title Trattato di coses attenenti a guerra.
   

Extent

99 leaves : 305 x 215 (260 x 158) mm. bound to 311 x 230 mm

Collation

Paper, i + 99 + i; 1¹⁶(+1) 2-5¹⁶ 6¹⁸; [i-ii, 1], 2-191, [192-196], contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary (late 17th-century) parchment over paper boards, with title Trattato di coses att[enent]i a guerra M.S. in ink on spine.

Layout

Written in 2 columns of 35-36 lines; ruled in lead, vertical bounding lines.

Decoration

Numerous technical drawings in ink; decorative initials in ink, 3 to 5 lines in height, at the beginning of each chapter.

Script

Written in cursive script.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Frederick North, fifth Earl of Guilford.
   
• Sold at auction by R. H. Evans as part of the North collection, 8-11 Dec. 1830, second volume of lot 262 (number on spine in ink), to John Cochran.
   
• Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 5473.
   
• Sold at auction at Swann Galleries, 6 Dec. 1984, lot 200, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
   
• Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
   

Subjects topical

• Mechanical engineering--Early works to 1800
• Military art and science--Early works to 1800
• Technology--Early works to 1800
• Water-wheels--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Drawings (visual works)
• Technical drawings
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Italian--17th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

• Text

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  URL

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  URL

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Table of contents

• 43 — Libro secondo, p. 43
• 79 — Libro terzo, p. 79
• 135 — Libro quarto, p. 135
• 179 — Indice, p. 179

Decorations

• 15 — Diagram, p. 15
• 16 — Diagram, p. 16
• 17 — Diagram, p. 17
• 18 — Diagram, p. 18
• 19 — Diagram, p. 19
• 20 — Diagram, p. 20
• 21 — Diagram, p. 21
• 24 — Diagram, p. 24
• 25 — Diagram, p. 25
• 26 — Diagram, p. 26
• 27 — Diagram, p. 27
• 28 — Diagram, p. 28
• 29 — Diagram, p. 29
• 30 — Diagram, p. 30
• 31 — Diagram, p. 31
• 32 — Diagram, p. 32
• 45 — Diagram, p. 45
• 46 — Diagram, p. 46
• 47 — Diagram, p. 47
• 48 — Diagram, p. 48
• 49 — Diagram, p. 49
• 50 — Diagram, p. 50
• 51 — Diagram, p. 51
• 52 — Diagram, p. 52
• 53 — Diagram, p. 53
• 54 — Diagram, p. 54
• 55 — Diagram, p. 55
• 56 — Diagram, p. 56
• 57 — Diagram, p. 57
• 58 — Diagram, p. 58
• 59 — Diagram, p. 59
• 60 — Diagram, p. 60
• 61 — Diagram, p. 61
• 62 — Diagram, p. 62
• 63 — Diagram, p. 63
• 64 — Diagram, p. 64
• 65 — Diagram, p. 65
• 66 — Diagram, p. 66
• 67 — Diagram, p. 67
• 68 — Diagram, p. 68
• 69 — Diagram, p. 69
• 70 — Diagram, p. 70
• 71 — Diagram, p. 71
• 72 — Diagram, p. 72
• 73 — Diagram, p. 73
• 74 — Diagram, p. 74
• 75 — Diagram, p. 75
• 76 — Diagram, p. 76
• 77 — Diagram, p. 77
• 92 — Diagram, p. 92
• 93 — Diagram, p. 93
• 94 — Diagram, p. 94
• 95 — Diagram, p. 95
• 96 — Diagram, p. 96
• 97 — Diagram, p. 97
• 98 — Diagram, p. 98
• 99 — Diagram, p. 99
• 100 — Diagram, p. 100
• 101 — Diagram, p. 101
• 102 — Diagram, p. 102
• 103 — Diagram, p. 103
• 104 — Diagram, p. 104
• 105 — Diagram, p. 105
• 106 — Diagram, p. 106
• 107 — Diagram, p. 107
• 108 — Diagram, p. 108
• 109 — Diagram, p. 109
• 110 — Diagram, p. 110
• 111 — Diagram, p. 111
• 112 — Diagram, p. 112
• 113 — Diagram, p. 113
• 114 — Diagram, p. 114
• 115 — Diagram, p. 115
• 116 — Diagram, p. 116
• 117 — Diagram, p. 117
• 118 — Diagram, p. 118
• 119 — Diagram, p. 119
• 120 — Diagram, p. 120
• 121 — Diagram, p. 121
• 122 — Diagram, p. 122
• 123 — Diagram, p. 123
• 124 — Diagram, p. 124
• 125 — Diagram, p. 125
• 126 — Diagram, p. 126
• 127 — Diagram, p. 127
• 128 — Diagram, p. 128
• 129 — Diagram, p. 129
• 130 — Diagram, p. 130
• 131 — Diagram, p. 131
• 132 — Diagram, p. 132
• 133 — Diagram, p. 133