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

Artillery. 694. Vcnetia. 1 629. Rossetti, Orlando.
Corona de' bombardieri, overo esame diligentissimo, nel
quale si scuopre ogni dubitatione desiderabile per esercitar
un bombardiero, et ridurlo atto ad ogni fattione di guerra.
Antonio Pinelii.
Quarto.
—Ayala :
" A very rare little book."
695. Franckfurt am Mayn. 1630. Faulhaber, Johann.
IngenieurssSchul / Erster Theyl : Darinnen durch den
Canonen Logarithmicvm alle Planische Triangel zur fortification
oder Architeftura Militari, Optica, Geodaesia, Geometria,
&c. . . . zu solviren etc. [Appendix oder Anhang dess Ersten
Theils etc.^
"Johdh Nicolai Stolzenberger und Eberhardt Riefer,
Oftavo. A-L in 8"; and a (6 fF.) ; L6-8, blank.
With engraved frontispiece. Another ed., Niirnberg, Wolfgang Endter^
1637, 4". In both eds. the Appendix has separate tp. No other part published
(B. M. Cat.).
Copies.
B.M.
696. Venetia. 1631. Sciaban, Luigi, Baron de.
II Bombardiero veneto essaminato dal suo Generale ;
fatto Francese, & tradotto in Italiano etc.
dialogo
Gio: Pietro Pinelli.
Quarto. A-F in 4^
Reprinted in the coUeftion entitled "Fucina di Marte", Venezia, 1641,4°.
—Ayala, p. 154.
Sciaban appears to have been a French gunner employed by the State of
Venice. This catechism, vv^hich was written in French, and then translated
and printed in Italian, was intended to be used in the examination of competitors
for certain vacant posts in the Venetian artillery.
Copies. B.M. ; Roy. Art. Inst.
697. Leida. 1638. Galilei, Galileo.
Discorsi e dimostrazioni mathematiche intorno a due nuoue
scienze attenenti alia mecanica et i movementi locali etc.
Elzevir.
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