Lot Essay
The first Italian work on recreational fireworks.
Continental Literature
ALBERTI, Guiseppe Antonio. La Pirotechnia o sia trattato dei fuochi d'artificio, Venice: Gio. Battista Recurti, 1749, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 21 folding engraved plates, errata leaf (a few leaves lightly browned), original wrappers titled in manuscript on spine, uncut. [Berlin Kat. 3304; Morrazzoni p. 211 (calls for 20 plates only)]
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ALBERTI, Guiseppe Antonio. La Pirotechnia o sia trattato dei fuochi d'artificio, Venice: Gio. Battista Recurti, 1749, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 21 folding engraved plates, errata leaf (a few leaves lightly browned), original wrappers titled in manuscript on spine, uncut. [Berlin Kat. 3304; Morrazzoni p. 211 (calls for 20 plates only)]