Kurtzer Tractat vom Anfang de[beta] Kriegs Kunstes zu Fue[beta] Zum Unter Richt der Jungen Soldaten ... : Sambt Eyner kleynen Regel der fortification, so woll Royal wie ordinary .. / durch Han[beta] Petersen, Holsteyner, Jetziger Zeid gemeyner Waibel Under dem Loeblichen Rettichhauserschen Regiment Im fürstlich pallast anno 1639.; Exercitio militari usata nella militia Allemane dal regemento de guardia nell Real pallaz[z]o de Genua

Abstract:

Tracts on military fortifications and military exercises with numerous diagrams, including problems in geometry as applied to fortifications and defense. Diagrams and drawings in pen and ink include 13 folded leaves bound in.

Creator:

Petersen, Hans.

Timespan:

Italy -- Genoa.

Date:

1639

Identifier:

9934307073503681; (OCoLC)ocn225163552; (OCoLC)225163552; (PU)3430707-penndb-Voyager; (CStRLIN)PAUR02-A1016

Language:

German; Italian

Provenance:

Sold by Robin Halwas Booksellers (London), June 1996.; Formerly owned by Ludwig von Castella, Freiburg, 1888 (note, flyleaf i).

Publisher:

[Genoa], 1639.

Subject:

Fortification -- Italy -- Genoa -- Early works to 1800.; Geometry -- Early works to 1800.; Geometry.; Military art and science -- Italy -- Genoa -- Early works to 1800.; Military art and science.; Fortification.; Codices.; Diagrams.; Drawings (visual works); Tables (documents); Manuscripts, Italian.; Manuscripts, European.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

240 leaves : paper, illustrations; 144 x 70 (122 x 53) mm bound to 146 x 75 mm

Personal Name:

Castella, Ludwig von, former owner.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Binding: Contemporary black tooled leather with "H. P." on spine and upper cover; clasps missing. Some worm damage on covers; a few folded leaves are torn; damage to leather on upper and lower edges of spine.; Title from title page (p. v).; Pagination: Paper, iv (contemporary paper) + 240 + iii (contemporary paper) leaves; [v], 1-157, [iv], 158-183, [ii], 184-193, [ii], 194-201, [ii], 202-219, [ii], 220-235, [ii], 236-245, [ii], 246-273, [ii], 274-289, [iv], 290-327, [ii], 328-341, [iv], 342-353, [ii], 354-369, [ii], 370-427, 429-434, [435-437]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Decoration: Frontispiece with coat of arms in red and brown ink with the motto "Et Rege eos firmissimum, libertatis, munimentum" with page cut off at the bottom (p. iii); diagrams and tables in red and brown ink throughout.; Origin: Written in Genoa in 1639 (p. ii).; German, with a few sections in Italian.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 888