Pistofilo, Bonaventura, 1576-, Il torneo , MDCXXVII [1627]
- Title(s):
Il torneo / di Bonauentura Pistofilo nobile ferrarese, dottor di legge e caualiere, nel Teatro di Pallade dell'ordine militare et accademico ...
- Additional Title(s):
Torneo di Bonaventvra Pistofilo nobile ferrarese
- Published/Created:
- In Bologna : per il Ferrone ..., MDCXXVII [1627]
- Physical Description:
- [16], 555, [1] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait, music ; 23 cm (4to)
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsU800.A2 P58 1627+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3465000
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- The title page is engraved; with a letterpress half-title.
Colophon: In Bologna : Presso Clemente Ferroni, M.DC.XXVI.
Head- and tail-pieces; initials.
Signatures: a-b⁴ A-3Y⁴ Z⁶.
Pages 190, 191, 262, 263 misnumbered 288, 289, 260, 261 respectively.
Includes "Tavola": pages [11]-[15]
Includes 117 numbered engravings of men on foot drilling with pike, ax & sword, by G.B. Coriolano; an engraved portrait of the author, dated 1618 and signed T.K. (Theodor [Dietrich] Krüger?); diagrams of military formations using letterpress characters.
Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.) IV, column 678
Grässe, J.G.T. Trésor de livres rares et précieux, V, p. 305
BAC U800.A2 P58 1627+: Imperfect: comprises only the 117 engraved illustrations of men in armor, without text. Includes two versions of plate 31; lacks plate 55. Bound in contemporary vellum. Has bound with it: Pistofilo, Bonaventura. Oplomachia (In Siena : per Hercole Gori, 1621). - Subject Terms:
- Arms and armor, Italian.Infantry drill and tactics.Sports tournaments.Tournaments, Medieval.
- Form/Genre:
- Festival books.
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