A bibliography of English military books up to 1642 and of ...

Copies. Bod, (1596),
172
Artillery. con qve los antigvos comen^aron a vsaria, de la invencion de
la polvora, y artilleria, De el modo de conduzirla, y plantarla
en qualquier empresa, Fabricar las Minas para bolar las
Fortalezas, y Montanas, Fuegos artificiales, Varies secretes, al
arte de la Artilleria . . . muy necessaries. Y a la fin un
examen de Artilleros. Pablo Gotardo Poncio,
Folio. (8 fF.), A-Z, AA-EE in 4«. 5 folding plates.
The Ded. is dated Feb. 5, 1593. Italian trans.: Milano, G. Bordoni ^
P. Locarni^ibob, fol., and Milano, F. Ghisolfiy 1641, fol. This is the "Pratica
Manuale " in its second form, and is sufficiently different to be considered
a distinft work.
Collado, dissatisfied, probably, with the first attempt, rewrote
the book in his native tongue. The woodcuts from No. 564 have been
transferred to it, and more added.
Copies.
B.M.
^
669. Venetia. 1592. Gentilini, Eugenic.
Instrvttione de' Bombardieri . . . oue si contiene I'esamina
vsata dallo Strenuo Zaccharia Schiauina. L'Aggivnta che
copiosamente dichiara, quanto nell' Esamina si comprende et
vn discorso intorno alle fortezze etc.
F. dei Franceschi.
Quarto. Three pts. with separate tpp. but continuous sigs. A, A-Q in 4'.
Eds.: ib., ib., 1598, 4°, entitled, "Instrvttione di Artiglieri"; ib,, 1605,
4". Ayala gives, ib,, Franceschi^ ^593 5 also ib., A. dei Vecchi, 1 606, 8", and
1626, 4°, with the title, " II perfetto bombardiere." Schiavina, it seems,
was either a teacher of gunnery or a writer on it ; but nothing is known
of his work.
Copies. B.M. (1592, 1598); R.U.S.I. (1605).
670. Madrid. 1595. Isla, Lazaro de la.
Breve tratado del arte de artilleria, geometria y
fuego etc.
artificios de
Duodecimo. 133 fi\, with engravings.
—Almirante. " This little book, which is a small manual or catechism,
has nothing notable about it, except its rarity.
671. Vicenza. 1596. Marzari, Giacomo.
Scelti documenti in dialogo a scholari bombardieri.
Quarto.
—Bod. Lib. Cat. Other eds.: Vicenza,Pmn,i579, and 1594,4°".—Ayala.