Trattato delle fortificazioni

Name:

Quartaroni, Domenico, 1651-1736

Timespan:

Early works to 1800; 1559-1789

Date:

1650

Description:

Treatise on the design of fortifications, illustrated with numerous tables and drawings.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Former owners include: Donato Silva (stamp, f. i verso) and Carlo Morbio.; Accessioned, 1961.; Silva, Donato, conte, former owner.; Morbio, Carlo, former owner.

Subject:

Fortification -- Italy -- Early works to 1800; Mathematics -- Early works to 1800; Mathematics; Geometry -- Early works to 1800; Geometry; Fortification; History, Military

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); drawings (visual works); treatises; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

127 leaves : paper, illustrations; 256 x 197 (195 x 127) mm bound to 263 x 202 mm

Geographic Subject:

Italy -- History, Military -- 1559-1789; Italy

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. i recto).; Incipit: La necessità, che là l'vamo di difendersi ... (f. 1r).; Pagination: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 127 + i (contemporary paper); 1-28, 33-39, [i], 40-45, 29-32, 46-66, [i], 67-143. [i], 144-180, [iv], 182-249, contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners; [1-254], modern pagination in pencil, lower outer corners.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Decoration: Many illustrations showing construction plans which maximize lines of defense, with several fold-out illustrations (p. 39, 56, 66, 124, 143).; Binding: Contemporary parchment.; Origin: Written in Italy between 1650 and 1799.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 377