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De re militari
Title
[De re militari]
Publication
[Verona] : Iohannes ex Uerona oriundus: Nicolai cyrugie medici filius: artis impressorie magister, An. M. CCCCLXXII [1472].
Physical Description
[524] p. : illustrated (woodcuts) ; 35 cm. (fol.)
Local Notes
BAC Leaf Collection no. 0075: Imperfect: two non-consecutive leaves: [161] with woodcut bow (recto) and four woodcut crossbows (verso); and [190], with full-page woodcuts of stone-throwing machines, recto and verso. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Notes
Title from ISTC.
First book printed in Verona and the first illustrated by an Italian artist; illustrations attributed to Matteo de' Pasti or to his school. Cf. Sander, Le livre à figures italien, v. 3, p. xlv.
Imprint from colophon, leaf [rum]12r: Iohannes ex Uerona oriundus Nicolai cyrugie medici filius artis impressorie magister hunc De re militari librum elegantissimum litteris & figuratis signis sua in patria primus impressit. an. M. CCCCLXXII.
Work dedicated to Sigismundus Pandulphus Malatesta.
Poem by Marco da Rimini on Valturio and his work addressed to Valturio: p. [522-523]. For attribution of authorship of the poem, see E. Rodakiewicz, The editio princeps of Roberto Valturio's De re militari, 1940, p. 80.
Contains ca. 100 woodcuts, most of designs illustrating various military weapons and engines. "Their irregular placing on the page shows that they were struck off, or perhaps hand-stamped, after the letterpress"--BM 15th cent
Median folio. 1 column, 37 lines. Type: 1:122R. Capital spaces at beginning of each book and each paragraph, without guide letters.
Signatures: [pi⁶; a-g¹⁰ h¹⁴ i² k-m¹⁰ n¹² o⁸ p⁶ q-s¹⁰ t¹² u-z¹⁰ [et] [con]¹⁰ [rum]¹²]: 260 leaves. Leaves [pi]5-6 and [s]7 blank.
Variant and related titles
Table and index on p. [1] begin: [E]lenchvs et index rerum militarium quȩ singulis codicis huius i[n] uolumi[ni]bus continet[ur]
Elenchus et index rerum militarium quȩ singulis codicis huius in uoluminibus continetur
Roberti Valturrii libri De re militari
Format
Books
Language
Latin
Added to Catalog
March 20, 2024
References
Sander, 7481
Dyson-Perrins, 7 (2d illus. book in Italy)
Incunabula short title catalogue, iv00088000
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, V-88
Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 15847*
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M49412
Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VII, p. 948 (IB. 30705)
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Incunabula.
Woodcuts.
Incunabula.
Woodcuts.
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