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BIRINGUCCIO, Vannuccio (1480-1539). De la pirotechnica. Venice: Venturino Rossinello for Curzio Nav & Fratelli, 1540.
4 (211 x 142mm). Title with woodcut border illustrating pieces of machinery and with the figure of Venice in the upper part, the Nav lion device below, second Nav device on title verso, 84 woodcuts in text, woodcut historiated initials. (First two quires with light staining in upper part of page, stain affecting F1 and F2, final leaves lightly browned.) Modern calf, panelled in blind.
FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST PRINTED BOOKS ON METALLURGY. As Duveen and Dibner note, it contains the first mention of cobalt blue, manganese and the use of sodium chloride for separating gold and silver from baser metals. The sections on glass, steel and the purification of salts were adapted almost without alteration in Agricola's De re metallica Basle, 1556. Among Birunguccio's many employments was that of director of the Sienese mint, and head of the papal foundry and munition works, and his work describes Renaissance methods of casting medallions, statues and bells; it is particularly remembered for containing the earliest known account of typecasting. The woodcuts show the use of various furnaces, pulleys and tools, and illustrate the making of bells, pottery and firearms. Adams B-2080; Cockle Military Books 931; Dibner Heralds 38; Duveen p. 79; Mortimer Italian 66; Norman 238; Wellcome 873.
4 (211 x 142mm). Title with woodcut border illustrating pieces of machinery and with the figure of Venice in the upper part, the Nav lion device below, second Nav device on title verso, 84 woodcuts in text, woodcut historiated initials. (First two quires with light staining in upper part of page, stain affecting F1 and F2, final leaves lightly browned.) Modern calf, panelled in blind.
FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST PRINTED BOOKS ON METALLURGY. As Duveen and Dibner note, it contains the first mention of cobalt blue, manganese and the use of sodium chloride for separating gold and silver from baser metals. The sections on glass, steel and the purification of salts were adapted almost without alteration in Agricola's De re metallica Basle, 1556. Among Birunguccio's many employments was that of director of the Sienese mint, and head of the papal foundry and munition works, and his work describes Renaissance methods of casting medallions, statues and bells; it is particularly remembered for containing the earliest known account of typecasting. The woodcuts show the use of various furnaces, pulleys and tools, and illustrate the making of bells, pottery and firearms. Adams B-2080; Cockle Military Books 931; Dibner Heralds 38; Duveen p. 79; Mortimer Italian 66; Norman 238; Wellcome 873.