| Title | En tibi lector Robertum Valturium, ad illustrem heroa Sigismundum Pandulphum Malatestam Ariminensium regem, De re militari libris XII : multò emaculatius, ac picturis, quae plurimae in eo sunt, elegantioribus expressum, quàm cum Veronae inter initia artis chalcographicae anno M.cccclxxxiii inuulgaretur. | Translate |
| Author | Valturio, Roberto, | Translate |
| Type | Book | Translate |
| Imprint | Parisiis : Apud Christianum Wechelum, sub insigni scuti Basiliensis | Translate |
| Place | Paris | Translate |
| Year | M.D. XXXII [1532] | Translate |
| Technique | illustrations (woodcuts) | Translate |
| Size | 35 cm (folio) | Translate |
| Annotation | Colophon: Lutetiae a pud Christianum Wechelum, Anno M.D.XXXII. mense Iulio. Signatures: a⁶ A-2I⁶. Printer's device on title page and on last page. Includes Valturio's dedicatory preface addressed to Italian condottiero Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (pages [5]-[10] of first sequence). Errata: page [11] of first sequence. Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, V 224 Treatise by Roberto Valturio on military science and analysis of warfare, illustrated with woodcuts of weapons and military machines such as cannons, battering rams, siege engines, water floats, and pontoon bridges. ‡b The work, first printed in Verona in 1472 by Giovanni di Nicolò da Verona, is considered the first printed book on technology, and the first illustrated book with scientific and technological woodcuts included for educational rather than decorative or religious purposes; see Jeremy Norman's History of Information (http://www.historyofinformation.com/expanded.php?id=369) | Translate |
| Location | Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht | Translate |
| Call number | X fol 37 dl 2 | Translate |
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