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BIRINGUCCIO (VANNUCCIO) Pirotechnia, Venice, [Giouan Padoano], 1550
11 March 2020, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,912.50 inc. premium
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BIRINGUCCIO (VANNUCCIO)
Pirotechnia, title within woodcut border incorporating pyrotechnic instruments and symbols of Venice, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, printer's device on final leaf, small piece (c. 10 x 60mm.) cut away from upper margin of title (just touching border) and following 2 leaves, stain in blank upper margin of final 10 leaves, sixteenth century ink note on verso of final leaf, nineteenth century half vellum over boards, gilt morocco title and date labels on spine [Adams B2081], small 4to (210 x 154mm.), Venice, [Giouan Padoano], 1550
Footnotes
The second edition, the first appearing in 1540, of the earliest book on metallurgy, with sections on metals, metal-casting, smelting, type-founding, fireworks and gunpowder.