Military arts & sciencesThere are 14 items
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Catalogue de la collection d’ouvrages sur l’escrime de Mr. le Comm.r Jacopo Gelli (catalogue for an auction conducted by Dario Rossi, Rome, 18-20 March 1912) § Catalogue des livres anciens et modernes, manuscrits et imprimés, dessins, estampes, lithographies sur l’escrime et le duel composant la collection de M. José Ramon Garcia Donnell (catalogue for an auction conducted by Charles Bosse, with the expertise of Henri Baudoin and J. Tilorier, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 14-16 June 1926)
Rome, Dario G. Rossi, 1912Two works in one volume (25 cm), I (Gelli sale, 18 March 1912): (4) 76 pp., text illustrations. Lots numbered 1-378. II (Garcia Donnell sale, 14-18 June 1926): 214 (4) pp. Lots numbered 1-953. Morocco-backed boards, a collector’s binding (original wrappers bound in). - Rare auction sale catalogue of the collection of books on fencing and duelling assembled by Jacopo Gelli (1858-1935), author of Bibliografia generale della scherma (Florence 1890; second edition Milan 1895).Bound with the sale catalogue of the collection assembled by the Cuban collector J.R. Garcia Donnell, a resident of Buenos Aires, founded on the library of Pedro Vindel (1865-1921). ¶ Paper of both catalogues becoming brittle, but at present in excellent state of preservation
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A history of Greek fire and gunpowder
Cambridge, Heffer & Sons, 1960(25.5 cm), xvi, 380 (2) pp., frontispiece and 21 illustrations. Publisher’s red cloth, printed dust jacket. - Original edition of a classic study of incendiary devices used as military weapons, packed with information culled from primary sources. “The summa historiographica of virtually all scholarship on gunpowder’s history up to 1960, and the starting point for any serious investigation in the future” (Bert Hall, in the Preface to a reprint, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999). ¶ Annotation in margin (p.159); otherwise a clean, unmarked copy. Dust jacket rubbed and slightly worn. -
Architetti e ingegneri militari italiani dal secolo XVI al secolo XVIII : Saggio bio-bibliografico (Collana di monografie dell’Istituto Storico e di Cultura dell’Arma del Genio, 31)
Rome, Istituto Storico e di Cultura dell’Arma del Genio, 1976(24.5 cm), 290 (2) pp., illustrations. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Catalogue of 180 Italian books on military science, commencing with Antonio Cornazzano’s De re militaria (Pesaro 1507). Detailed descriptions with locations of copies. “Estratto dal Bollettino dell’Istituto storico e di cultura dell’arma del genio, n. 125 e n. 126 anno 1974-n. 127 e n. 128 anno 1975” (title-page verso). ¶ Very good, unmarked copy. -
A Bibliography of military books up to 1642 : with an introduction by Sir Charles Oman
London, Holland Press, 1978(25.5 cm), xl (4), 267 (1) pp., illustrations. Publisher’s red cloth, printed pictorial dust jacket. - Divided in two parts (English books, items 1-166; Foreign books, items 500-950). Facsimile of London 1900 edition (reprint of 2nd Holland Press edition, 1957; third impression). ¶ Trivial defects to dust jacket; otherwise an excellent, unmarked copy. -
Architekt und Ingenieur : Baumeister in Krieg und Frieden (catalogue of an exhibition held at the Herzog-August-Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, 5 May-18 November 1984; Ausstellungskataloge der Herzog-August-Bibliothek, 42)
Wolfenbüttel, Herzog-August-Bibliothek, 1984(26 cm), 415 (1) pp., illustrations (some in colour). 363 catalogue entries. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Catalogue of an exhibition of German, French, and Italian architectural treatises from the collection of the Herzog-August-Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel. The catalogue is divided into sections containing essays and entries related to architecture as an art and science; civil engineering; and military architecture. ¶ Very good, unmarked copy. -
Immagini dell'ingegnere tra quattro e settecento : filosofo, soldato, politecnico : Repertorio bibliografico (Collana di architettura)
Milan, Franco Angeli, 1985(22 cm), 225 (3) pp., 68 text illustrations. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Preliminary essays (Filosofo, Soldato, Politecnico) are followed a “Repertorio bibliografico” (pp.117-21) providing bibliographical details for 25 authors, from Vitruvius to Jean Nicolas Louis Durand. Reviewed by John Bury, in The Burlington Magazine, volume 127 (November 1985), p.809. ¶ Excellent, unmarked copy. -
Venezia e la difesa del Levante : da Lepanto a Candia 1570-1670 (catalogue of an exhibition held at the Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 15 March-20 July 1986)
Venice, Arsenale Editrice, 1986(29 cm), 275 (3) pp., illustrations (some in colour). 362 catalogue entries. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Includes topographical material relevant to the islands of Kefalonia, Zakynthos and Corfu, which had been Venetian strongholds. ¶ Light shelf wear; otherwise a very good copy. -
L’architettura militare veneta del cinquecento
Milan, Electa, 1988(30 cm), 215 (1) pp., illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers (over plain card). - Papers (in Italian, English, or French) from the Seminario Internazionale on military architecture of the Veneto in the 16th century held by the Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio, Vicenza. Included are John Bury, “An unpublished Codex of writings on fortification of the last years of the 16th century” (on Phillipps Ms 10155; private collection, England); Giorgio E. Ferrari, “Le edizioni venete di architettura militare del Maggi e Castriotto”. ¶ Wrapper slightly worn; otherwise a very good, unmarked copy. -
Military architecture, cartography and the representation of the early modern European city : a checklist of treatises on fortification in the Newberry Library
Chicago, Newberry Library, 1991(26 cm), xxxvi, 119 (1) pp., illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Catalogue of 73 books on military architecture held by the Newberry Library, with locations of other copies, biographical information about the authors and brief descriptions of the books. In the introduction, the author traces the evolution of military architects from aesthetic humanists to scientific surveyors, and also the change of audience for their treatises, from patrons to student military engineers. Reviewed by Charles van den Heuvel, in Quaerendo, volume 23 (1993), pp.138-140. ¶ Light shelf wear; otherwise a very good, unmarked copy. -
Military architecture, cartography and the representation of the early modern European city : a checklist of treatises on fortification in the Newberry Library
Chicago, Newberry Library, 1991(26 cm), xxxvi, 119 (1) pp., illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Catalogue of 73 books on military architecture held by the Newberry Library, with locations of other copies, biographical information about the authors and brief descriptions of the books. In the introduction, the author traces the evolution of military architects from aesthetic humanists to scientific surveyors, and also the change of audience for their treatises, from patrons to student military engineers. Reviewed by Charles van den Heuvel, in Quaerendo, volume 23 (1993), pp.138-140. ¶ Excellent, unmarked copy. -
Warfare in 18th-century America : a showcase of the Society of Cincinnati Collections (catalogue of an exhibition held by the Society of the Cincinnati, Anderson House, Washington, DC, 7 April-14 September 1994)
Washington, DC, Society of the Cincinnati, 1994(25.5 cm), 54 pp., illustrations. Pictorial wrappers. - Loosely Inserted is a “Short-title list: military and naval books, 1825 or before (revised 31 December 1997)”. ¶ Very good, unmarked copy. -
The Academy of the Sword : illustrated fencing books 1500-1800 (catalogue for an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 9 June 1999-Fall 1999)
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998(28 cm), 36 pp., illustrations. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - The earliest item is the Met’s sixteenth-century manuscript copy of Hans Talhoffer’s “Fechtbuch”, written in 1443 (Acc. No. 26.236); the latest is a copy of Guillaume Danet’s L’art des armes (Paris 1766). Swords, rapiers, parrying daggers, and related objects are also described. ¶ Very good, unmarked copy. -
Books on military architecture printed in Venice : an annotated catalogue
t Goy-Houten, HES & De Graaf Publishers, 2002(25 cm), 418 pp., 34 illustrations. Publisher’s cloth binding. - Describes approximately 350 editions. Publisher’s retail price €146 (www.brill.com). ¶ Copiously annotated in pencil. -
English literature, history, children's books and illustrations : including a Royal Military Library from the House of Hanover (catalogue for an auction conducted by Sotheby's, London, 16 December 2010)
London, Sotheby's, 2010(27 cm), 136 pp., illustrations (some in colour). 246 lots. Publisher’s printed wrappers. ¶ Pencil annotation on title-page.
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