L'architettura militare ad uso delle regie Scuole d'Artiglieria e Fortificazione.

Abstract:

Plans of fortifications for use at the royal academy of artillery and fortification founded in Turin in 1678, consisting entirely of figures of plans and elevations, some with landscape elements added in the background.

Timespan:

Italy.

Date:

1759

Identifier:

995109663503681; (OCoLC)ocm80198838; (OCoLC)80198838; 510966; (PU)510966-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Transferred from Fine Arts Library to Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania, 2013.; Formerly owned by Admiral Archibald Duff (armorial bookplate, 1858, inside front cover).; Gift of G. Holmes Perkins (University of Pennsylvania bookplate, front flyleaf), 1978.; Sold by Marlborough Rare Books Ltd. (London), cat. 81 (1978), no. 14 (description inside front cover).

Publisher:

[Turin], 1759.

Relation:

Video orientation http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000252

Subject:

Military architecture -- Early works to 1800.; Fortification -- Italy -- Early works to 1800.; Military architecture.; Fortification.; Codices.; Diagrams.; Pen and wash drawings.; Manuscripts, European.; Manuscripts, Italian.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

179 leaves : paper, color illustrations; 272 x 210 mm bound to 282 x 220 mm

Personal Name:

Duff, Archibald, -1858, former owner.; Perkins, G. Holmes (George Holmes), donor.

Corporate Name:

Regia accademia di artiglieria e genio.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Origin: Written in Turin in 1759 (title page, f. 1r).; Ms. codex.; Foliation: Paper, ii + 179 + ii; [1-179]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Binding: Contemporary boards, red morocco back gilt (seller's description, inside upper cover).; Decoration: Title in red, blue and black with large vignette depicting the goddess of war surrounded by military trophies and cherubs engaged in surveying, drawing, and planning (f. 1r); 2 full-page rococo vignettes (f. 32r, 55r), plans and elevations executed in pen and ink, mostly with colored washes added, all with ink ruled borders.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 1634