Lot 67
Capitana Pontificia.- Trattato concernente le manova, e servizio e approvisionamento d'una Galera, manuscript in Italian, on paper, in Italic script, title and 23pp., large folding watercolour of the Capitania Pontificia, 2 short tears in fold of drawing, watermark indistinct, 18th century paper patterned boards, rebacked with the original spine laid down, sm. folio, Rome, 1st January 1787.
Hammer Price: £1,900
Description
Capitana Pontificia (flagship of the Papal Navy which fought at the Battle of Lepanto, 1571).- Trattato concernente le manova, e servizio e approvisionamento d'una Galera, manuscript in Italian, on paper, in Italic script, title and 23pp., large folding watercolour of the Capitana Pontificia, 2 short tears in fold of drawing, watermark indistinct with initials FM, 18th century paper patterned boards, rebacked with the original spine laid down, sm. folio, Rome, 1st January 1787.
⁂ Unpublished. A technical manuscript describing a vessel used by the Catholic Holy League to combat the Turkish control of the eastern Mediterranean, specifically with the war galley "Capitana Pontificia", the flagship of the Pontifical Navy, which had fought in the battle of Lepanto. Divided into 14 chapters, this short treatise gives detailed information about the construction of the ship, its dimensions, materials used, weapons etc.
Description
Capitana Pontificia (flagship of the Papal Navy which fought at the Battle of Lepanto, 1571).- Trattato concernente le manova, e servizio e approvisionamento d'una Galera, manuscript in Italian, on paper, in Italic script, title and 23pp., large folding watercolour of the Capitana Pontificia, 2 short tears in fold of drawing, watermark indistinct with initials FM, 18th century paper patterned boards, rebacked with the original spine laid down, sm. folio, Rome, 1st January 1787.
⁂ Unpublished. A technical manuscript describing a vessel used by the Catholic Holy League to combat the Turkish control of the eastern Mediterranean, specifically with the war galley "Capitana Pontificia", the flagship of the Pontifical Navy, which had fought in the battle of Lepanto. Divided into 14 chapters, this short treatise gives detailed information about the construction of the ship, its dimensions, materials used, weapons etc.
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