Lot 51
Biringuccio (Vannoccio) Pirotechnia. Li diece libri della pirotechnia, nelli quali si tratta non solo la diversita delle minere, second edition, [Venice], [Giovanni Padovano for Curzio Troiano Navò], 1550.
Hammer Price: £1,800
Description
Biringuccio (Vannoccio) Pirotechnia. Li diece libri della pirotechnia, nelli quali si tratta non solo la diversita delle minere, ma ancho quanto si ricerca alla prattica di essere di quanto s'appartiene all'arte della fusione over getto de metalli, collation: [cross]8 A-X8, title within woodcut historiated border, woodcut illustrations and historiated initials, final f. with woodcut printer's device, otherwise blank, small areas of marginal worming, occasionally just touching the odd letter, water-stained, new endpapers, later carta rustica, chipped and soiled, small 4to (208 x 148mm.), [Venice], [Giovanni Padovano for Curzio Troiano Navò], 1550.
⁂ Second edition.
Literature: Adams B2081; Duveen p.79; Hoover 130; EDIT 16 CNCE 6157.
Provenance: 'ex libris Antony Arcell' (17th century ink inscription to title).
Description
Biringuccio (Vannoccio) Pirotechnia. Li diece libri della pirotechnia, nelli quali si tratta non solo la diversita delle minere, ma ancho quanto si ricerca alla prattica di essere di quanto s'appartiene all'arte della fusione over getto de metalli, collation: [cross]8 A-X8, title within woodcut historiated border, woodcut illustrations and historiated initials, final f. with woodcut printer's device, otherwise blank, small areas of marginal worming, occasionally just touching the odd letter, water-stained, new endpapers, later carta rustica, chipped and soiled, small 4to (208 x 148mm.), [Venice], [Giovanni Padovano for Curzio Troiano Navò], 1550.
⁂ Second edition.
Literature: Adams B2081; Duveen p.79; Hoover 130; EDIT 16 CNCE 6157.
Provenance: 'ex libris Antony Arcell' (17th century ink inscription to title).
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