Lot 52
Biringuccio (Vannoccio) Pirotechnia. Li diece libri della pirotechnia nelli quali si tratta non solo la diversità delle minere, ma ancho quanto si ricerca alla prattica di esse, Venice, [Curzio Troiano Navò] for Comin da Trino, 1558.
Hammer Price: £2,400
Description
Biringuccio (Vannoccio) Pirotechnia. Li diece libri della pirotechnia nelli quali si tratta non solo la diversità delle minere, ma ancho quanto si ricerca alla prattica di esse, collation: *8 A-X8, title within woodcut historiated border, woodcut illustrations and historiated initials, some staining or spotting, occasional small areas of worming to margins, recased in contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, soiled and bowed, small 4to (209 x 147mm.), Venice, [Curzio Troiano Navò] for Comin da Trino, 1558.
⁂ Third edition.
Literature: Adams B2083; Duveen, p. 79; Hoover 131; EDIT 16 CNCE 6158.
Provenance: 'Ex libris Joannis Bissaigre Canonice sanctorum Celsi et Julian...1686'
Description
Biringuccio (Vannoccio) Pirotechnia. Li diece libri della pirotechnia nelli quali si tratta non solo la diversità delle minere, ma ancho quanto si ricerca alla prattica di esse, collation: *8 A-X8, title within woodcut historiated border, woodcut illustrations and historiated initials, some staining or spotting, occasional small areas of worming to margins, recased in contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, soiled and bowed, small 4to (209 x 147mm.), Venice, [Curzio Troiano Navò] for Comin da Trino, 1558.
⁂ Third edition.
Literature: Adams B2083; Duveen, p. 79; Hoover 131; EDIT 16 CNCE 6158.
Provenance: 'Ex libris Joannis Bissaigre Canonice sanctorum Celsi et Julian...1686'
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