SIEMIENOWICZ, Kazimierz Du grand art d’artillerie, [trsl. from the Latin] Pierre Noizet. 1651 J. Janssonius, (engr. title “Aussführliche Beschreibung der grossen Feuerwercks oder Artillerie-Kunst". Frankfurt, J.D. Zunner Jr., 1676), folio, mod....
Estimation :
400 / 600
Adjudication :
1100 €
Description
half vellum (head def.), spine on 5 raised bands, [2]-410-[6] pp. (paper age-toned, a few stains, some margins soiled, sm. tear in title border, sm. burning hole in Ss4, tear in folding pl.). Good copy.
"Apparently a reissue of the Amsterdam 1651 ed., without titlepage and preliminaries, prefixed by the engr. t.-p. of the 1676 German ed.” (similar copy in BL). French version of the "Artis magnae artilleriae" (The great art of artillery, 1st 1650) of Siemienowicz (1600-1651), Lithuanian/Polish officer in the army of the Dutch Republic. Engr. ills : title, 22 full-page pls (1 folding).
"Apparently a reissue of the Amsterdam 1651 ed., without titlepage and preliminaries, prefixed by the engr. t.-p. of the 1676 German ed.” (similar copy in BL). French version of the "Artis magnae artilleriae" (The great art of artillery, 1st 1650) of Siemienowicz (1600-1651), Lithuanian/Polish officer in the army of the Dutch Republic. Engr. ills : title, 22 full-page pls (1 folding).
