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Creator:
Pistofilo, Bonaventura, 1576-
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 Manuscripts
U800.A2 P58 1627+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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.
Contributors:
Coriolano, Giovanni Battista, -1649.
Ferroni, Clemente, -1642, printer.
Teatro di Pallade (Bologna, Italy)
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