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CARLO CAMOZZI DI BERGAMO (fl.1712), On the manufacture of guns for the Republic of Venice, in Italian and Latin, illustrated manuscript on paper, [Venice, first half 18th century].
A fascinating documentary overview of the 12-year business relationship between the founder Carlo Camozzi of Bergamo and the Republic of Venice, relating to the production of cannons and ammunition and the logistical organisation of the new 'Fabrica de' Cannoni di Ferro'.
335 x 220 mm. 56 leaves, early manuscript foliation: 1-19, 44, 56-81. Full-page portrait of Carlo Camozzi under the Lion of St Mark, full-page miniature of Charity with putti and cannons, various illustrations throughout including Venetian emblems, a small portrait of Doge Sebastiano Mocenigo (1722-32), cannons, weapons, fortresses, warships and soldiers (likely a fragment of a larger whole, marginal thumbing and occasional staining). Modern blind-stamped brown leather over pasteboards, leather ties.
Content: 44 documents concerning the production of cannons and arms for the Republic of Venice from 8 June 1712 to 9 August 1724, including stipulations governing the agreement between the Proveditors of the Venetian Arsenals and Giovanni Camozzi of Bergamo, specifying quantities of cannons and ammunition to be produced over a 12-year period, the testing of said cannons in Brescia, quality control, the building of the 'Fabrica', and remuneration (ff.1-7); a brief history of cannon production for the Republic (the first supplier was Tiburzio Balio, whose foundry produced more than 470 cannons between 1689-1702), and a description of quality control tests carried out on Camozzi's work, (ff.10v-14v); and repeated requests for more funds from Camozzi and more weapons from the Republic.
On the importance of Camozzi and his 'Fabrica' in Venetian 18th-century military history see C. Beltrame and R. Scordato, Artiglierie della Serenissima da relitti e collezioni in Italia, Israele, Malta e Spagna, Florence, 2016 and C. Beltrame and M. Morin, I cannoni di Venezia. Le artiglierie della Serenissima da fortezze a relitti, Florence, 2013.
A fascinating documentary overview of the 12-year business relationship between the founder Carlo Camozzi of Bergamo and the Republic of Venice, relating to the production of cannons and ammunition and the logistical organisation of the new 'Fabrica de' Cannoni di Ferro'.
335 x 220 mm. 56 leaves, early manuscript foliation: 1-19, 44, 56-81. Full-page portrait of Carlo Camozzi under the Lion of St Mark, full-page miniature of Charity with putti and cannons, various illustrations throughout including Venetian emblems, a small portrait of Doge Sebastiano Mocenigo (1722-32), cannons, weapons, fortresses, warships and soldiers (likely a fragment of a larger whole, marginal thumbing and occasional staining). Modern blind-stamped brown leather over pasteboards, leather ties.
Content: 44 documents concerning the production of cannons and arms for the Republic of Venice from 8 June 1712 to 9 August 1724, including stipulations governing the agreement between the Proveditors of the Venetian Arsenals and Giovanni Camozzi of Bergamo, specifying quantities of cannons and ammunition to be produced over a 12-year period, the testing of said cannons in Brescia, quality control, the building of the 'Fabrica', and remuneration (ff.1-7); a brief history of cannon production for the Republic (the first supplier was Tiburzio Balio, whose foundry produced more than 470 cannons between 1689-1702), and a description of quality control tests carried out on Camozzi's work, (ff.10v-14v); and repeated requests for more funds from Camozzi and more weapons from the Republic.
On the importance of Camozzi and his 'Fabrica' in Venetian 18th-century military history see C. Beltrame and R. Scordato, Artiglierie della Serenissima da relitti e collezioni in Italia, Israele, Malta e Spagna, Florence, 2016 and C. Beltrame and M. Morin, I cannoni di Venezia. Le artiglierie della Serenissima da fortezze a relitti, Florence, 2013.
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