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Maggi, Girolamo, -1572

Della fortificatione delle citta

MDLXXXIII [1583]

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Della fortificatione delle citta /, In Venetia : Appresso Camillo Borgominiero, al Segno di S. Giorgio, MDLXXXIII [1583], Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.
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  • Creator

    Maggi, Girolamo, -1572

  • Title(s)

    Della fortificatione delle citta / di Girolamo Maggi, e del capitan Iacomo Castriotto ... Discorso del medesimo Maggi sopra la fortificatione de gli alloggiamenti de gli esserciti ; Discorso del capitan Francesco Montemellino sopra la fortificatione del Borgo di Roma ; Trattato dell'ordinanze, ouero battaglie del capitan Giovacchino da Coniano ; Ragionamento del sudetto Castriotto sopra le fortezze della Francia.

  • Published/Created

    In Venetia : Appresso Camillo Borgominiero, al Segno di S. Giorgio, MDLXXXIII [1583]

  • Physical Description

    [4], 136 [i.e. 138] leaves : illustrations, maps, plans ; 37 cm (folio)

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    UG400 .M34 1583+ Oversize
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Full YALE Library Record

    https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/9934921793408651

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    BEIN: Imperfect: l. 136 (i.e. 138) mutilated.
    The discourses form part of book three (leaves [105]-136). Montamellino's Discorso sopra la fortificatione del Borgo di Roma bears dedication to Duke Ottavio Farnese under date of 1568.
    Woodcuts: first word of main title, and three chapter titles within ornamental cartouches; Borgominiero's device on t.p. (two disembodied hands, emerging from clouds, holding a caduceus topped by a dove); large white historiated initials; head-pieces; extensively illustrated with large (usually three-quarters of a page or full-page) architectural diagrams, plans, and illustrations of military fortifications, troop formations, and ordnance placement.
    Signatures: *³ A-G⁴ H⁶ I² K⁴ L-M² N⁶ O-P⁴ Q² R⁶ S⁴ T² V⁴ X⁶ Y⁴ Z⁴ Aa-Dd² Ddd² Dddd⁶ Ee² Ff-Gg⁴ Hh² Ii⁴ KK⁴ LL⁶ Mm⁶.
    Leaves 95 and 96 are repeated in the foliation.
    EDIT 16, CNCE 59219
    BAC UG400 .M34 1583+: Bound in contemporary vellum.

  • Subject Terms

    Fortification -- Italy -- History. |
    Hutton, Chr. -- Autograph. |
    Military architecture. |
    Moore, Norman, 1847–1922 -- Presentation inscription from M.M.

  • Form/Genre

    Woodcuts.

  • Contributors

    Borgominieri, Camillo, active 1566–1593, printer. | Castriotto, Jacomo Fusto. | Coniano, Giovacchino da. | Montemellino, Francesco.

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