Ms. Codex 1634 L'architettura militare ad uso delle regie Scuole d'Artiglieria e Fortificazione.
Title
L'architettura militare ad uso delle regie Scuole d'Artiglieria e Fortificazione.Authors
- Regia accademia di artiglieria e genio
Other related names
- Duff, Archibald, -1858, former owner
- Perkins, G. Holmes, donor (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr92042308)
Call number
Ms. Codex 1634(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaOrigin
Written in Turin in 1759 (title page, f. 1r).
- Date
- 1759
- Place
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Turin
Summary
Plans of fortifications for use at the royal academy of artillery and fortification founded in Turin in 1678, consisting entirely of figures of plans and elevations, some with landscape elements added in the background.
Notes
- Ms. codex.
Extent
179 leaves : 272 x 210 mm bound to 282 x 220 mmFoliation
Paper, ii + 179 + ii; [1-179]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.Support
PaperBinding
Contemporary boards, red morocco back gilt (seller's description, inside upper cover).Decoration
Title in red, blue and black with large vignette depicting the goddess of war surrounded by military trophies and cherubs engaged in surveying, drawing, and planning (f. 1r); 2 full-page rococo vignettes (f. 32r, 55r), plans and elevations executed in pen and ink, mostly with colored washes added, all with ink ruled borders.
Provenance
- Transferred from Fine Arts Library to Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania, 2013.
- Formerly owned by Admiral Archibald Duff (armorial bookplate, 1858, inside front cover).
- Gift of G. Holmes Perkins (University of Pennsylvania bookplate, front flyleaf), 1978.
- Sold by Marlborough Rare Books Ltd. (London), cat. 81 (1978), no. 14 (description inside front cover).
Subjects topical
- Military architecture--Early works to 1800
- Fortification--Italy--Early works to 1800
- Military architecture
- Fortification
- Italy
Genres
- Codices
- Diagrams
- Pen and wash drawings
- Manuscripts, European
- Manuscripts, Italian
Keywords
- 18th century
- Italian
- Italy
- Paper
- Diagrams
- Drawing
Licenses
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Images
Inside front cover
1486_0001.tif (52.1 MB)
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1486_0001_web.jpg (792.2 KB)
fol. 1r
1486_0006.tif (52.1 MB)
1486_0006_thumb.jpg (6.1 KB)
1486_0006_web.jpg (372.9 KB)
Decoration: Decorative vignette, f. 1r
fol. 32r
1486_0068.tif (52.1 MB)
1486_0068_thumb.jpg (5.7 KB)
1486_0068_web.jpg (303.3 KB)
Decoration: Decorative vignette, f. 32r
fol. 55r
1486_0114.tif (52.1 MB)
1486_0114_thumb.jpg (5.9 KB)
1486_0114_web.jpg (377.4 KB)
Decoration: Decorative vignette, f. 55r