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Copies. B.M. (1587, 1601).
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commentati da Monsig. D. B. . . . da lui riueduti & ampliati ; Fortifica-
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& hora in piu commoda forma ridotti. F. de' Franceschi.
Quarto. «4, A-NN in 8".
This is the 4th ed. The ist, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th, are of Venice, 1556,
fol. ; 1567,4°; 1567, fol. (Latin); 1629,4".— Promis. Others of Amsterdam,
1649, fol. (Lat.), and of Venezia, 1747, 8°. At the end of Bk. I.
Barbaro gives the plan of an hexagonal fortress.
Copies. B.M. (1584, 1747); Bod. (1567, fol., 1649).
785. Turino. 1585. Busca, Gabriello.
Delia Espvgnatione et difesa delle fortezze. Niccolo Bevilacqua.
Quarto, A-FF2 in 4". Woodcuts.
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Another ed., with same woodcuts, ib., G. D. Jarino^ 1598, 4°, "Di nuovo
corretti et ampliati . . . aggiontovi nel fine I'instruttione de' bombardieri."
Pref. bears date
1581, that of ist ed.
Copies, B.M. (1585, 1598); Bod. (1598); R.A.I. (1601).
786. Geneva. 1585. Aconzio, Giacopo.
Ars Muniendorum oppidorum.
This work is given on the authority of Marini and Guarnieri, but no one
has ever seen a copy. In a letter to John Wolfe, dated London, Dec. 21,
1562, printed in his " Stratagematum Satanae " [Basiliae, 1565, 12°], Aconzio
speaks of a work with this title, written by himself years before, and not yet
published ; and calls himself the first to write on fortification, thus proving
that he was ignorant of the works of Tartaglia, Diirer, Zanchi, Catanco, etc.
He died in England in 1565.—Promis.
787. Firenze. 1587. Lupicini, Antonio.
Discorsi militari . . . Sopra Tespugnazione d'alcuni siti.
Bartolommeo Sermatelli.
Quarto. A-K6 in 4».
Reprinted and issued with the " Architettura Militare" of the same author
[No. 783], with Zanchi [No. 767], with the "Modo di
disegnare le piante"
and the "Modo di fare le fortificazioni " of Lanteri [Nos. 769, 770],
Venetia, i6oi, 4°.