254 leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 29 cm (folio)
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsLeaf Collection no. 0348Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title is caption title of index on leaf ii.Place and year of printing from colophon; printer identified in poem above colophon.Edited by Paolo Ramusio.Dedicatory preface by Paolo Ramusio addressed to Pandolpho Malatesta on verso of leaf v and recto of leaf vi is dated Oct. 15, 1482 in Verona.Signatures: pi⁶ a¹⁰ b-z⁸ & ¹⁰ [con]¹⁰ A-D⁸ E¹⁰First leaf of preliminary gathering pi⁶ (pi1) is blank; second and third leaves are numbered ii, and iii; leaves [iv]-[vi] are unnumbered.Last leaf (E₁₀) is blank.Woodcuts: text illustrated with 96 woodcuts of weapons, military machines and fortifications.Text printed in large roman type; spaces left for capitals, with guide letters.Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, *15848Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, volume VII, page 952 (IB. 30746)Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, V89Sander, M. Livre à figures italien depuis 1467 jusqu'à 1530, 7482Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, 6921Incunabula short title catalogue, iv00089000Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M49414BAC Leaf Collection no. 0348: Imperfect: 11 leaves only, all bearing large woodcut illustrations (uncolored). Includes one leaf from liber II, one leaf from liber VII, one leaf from liber IX, six leaves from liber X, and two leaves from liber XI. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Subject Terms:
Military art and science -- Early works to 1800. | Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library.