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VALTURIUS, Robertus (1413-84). De re militari. Verona: Joannes Nicolai de Verona, 1472.
Median 2° (310 x 215mm). Collation: [16 2-810 914 102; 11-1310 1412 158 166; 17-1910 2012 21-2610 2712] (1/1 contents, 1/4v-6 blank, 2/1r text, 27/11v verses in praise of Valturius, 27/12r colophon, 27/12v blank). 262 leaves (7/8r not printed); with blank 19/7 usually removed, the original misbinding of quire 102 now corrected. 37 lines. Type: 1:122R. 92 woodcuts (von Arnim's count; several composite), many full-page, occasionally coloured in pale red or brown. Later 8-line book initials in gold with white-vine decoration on varicolour ground, 2- to 3-line chapter initial spaces, a few filled in ink; book headings, foliation, quiring and marginal annotations in a near-contemporary Italian hand. (Small wormholes at beginning, some dampstaining, spotting and browning, short marginal tears, repaired tears into text without loss in about 16 leaves, 14/10,11 partly defective, small hole with some loss in 21/4 and 24/5, about 5 woodcuts just shaved, marginal strengthening or corners replaced in a few leaves, illuminated initials offset, occasional small holes from ink-burn.) German tan diced russia not before 1831, sides panelled with gilt fillets, foliate corner- and centerpieces with green, blue, and red leather inlays, gilt spine, marbled endpapers, a few leaves folded in to preserve woodcut (slight scratch on lower cover, a little rubbing at joints and corners). Provenance: near-contemporary annotations in Italian, a few sketches.
FIRST EDITION; THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED WITH TECHNICAL ILLUSTRATIONS; AND THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN VERONA. Valturius wrote his treatise on war-craft while serving as engineer to Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta of Rimini. Although gunpowder had been introduced in warfare a century earlier, medieval methods of siege-warfare were still practiced, and it is largely these traditional methods that Valturius describes. De re militari became a handbook for Renaissance princes and military leaders, and Leonardo da Vinci made use of it while acting as chief engineer to Cesare Borgia.
The remarkable series of woodcuts depicting a variety of military equipment ranging from catapults and battering-rams to revolving gun turrets and a prototype submarine appear in this edition only; exact copies in reverse were used in later editions. Usually ascribed to Matteo de Pasti, a medallist and illuminator also in the service of Sigismondo Pandolfo, they 'are the first true Italian book illustrations' (PMM), since designs in two previous works (Essling 1; H 15722) were probably Germanic. The woodblocks had a different height to paper from the type-fount and were printed in a separate operation from the text in thinner ink. HC *15847; BMC VII, 948 (IB. 30705-6); IGI 10114; Klebs 1014.1; PMM 10; Stillwell Awakening, 897; Sander 7481; Schaefer 346; Goff V-88.
Median 2° (310 x 215mm). Collation: [1
FIRST EDITION; THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED WITH TECHNICAL ILLUSTRATIONS; AND THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN VERONA. Valturius wrote his treatise on war-craft while serving as engineer to Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta of Rimini. Although gunpowder had been introduced in warfare a century earlier, medieval methods of siege-warfare were still practiced, and it is largely these traditional methods that Valturius describes. De re militari became a handbook for Renaissance princes and military leaders, and Leonardo da Vinci made use of it while acting as chief engineer to Cesare Borgia.
The remarkable series of woodcuts depicting a variety of military equipment ranging from catapults and battering-rams to revolving gun turrets and a prototype submarine appear in this edition only; exact copies in reverse were used in later editions. Usually ascribed to Matteo de Pasti, a medallist and illuminator also in the service of Sigismondo Pandolfo, they 'are the first true Italian book illustrations' (PMM), since designs in two previous works (Essling 1; H 15722) were probably Germanic. The woodblocks had a different height to paper from the type-fount and were printed in a separate operation from the text in thinner ink. HC *15847; BMC VII, 948 (IB. 30705-6); IGI 10114; Klebs 1014.1; PMM 10; Stillwell Awakening, 897; Sander 7481; Schaefer 346; Goff V-88.
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