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PISTOFILO, Bonaventura. Oplomachia, ... nella quale con dottrina morale, politica, militare, e col mezzo delle figure si tratta per via di teorica e di pratica del maneggio, e dell'uso delle Armi. Siena: Hercole Gori, 1621.
Oblong 4° (131 x 194mm). Engraved title, portrait of the dedicatee, Sir Kenelm Digby, portrait of the author, and 54 plates within ornamental borders, ornamental initials. Red morocco gilt. g.e., by Bedford. Provenance: Baron Landau (bookplate); V. de Gobbis (bookplate).
A handsome copy of an important book on the management of the pike, the halberd and the musket, extensively illustrated with exercises in their use. Cockle 742; Thimm p.226; Gelli 161-2; Brunet V, 677.
Oblong 4° (131 x 194mm). Engraved title, portrait of the dedicatee, Sir Kenelm Digby, portrait of the author, and 54 plates within ornamental borders, ornamental initials. Red morocco gilt. g.e., by Bedford. Provenance: Baron Landau (bookplate); V. de Gobbis (bookplate).
A handsome copy of an important book on the management of the pike, the halberd and the musket, extensively illustrated with exercises in their use. Cockle 742; Thimm p.226; Gelli 161-2; Brunet V, 677.