Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Siemienowicz, Kazimierz, -1651?
Title:
Artis magnae artilleriae : pars prima / auctore Casimiro Siemienowicz ...
Published / Created:
Amsterodami : Apud Ioannem Ianssonium, Ao. MDCL [1650]
Physical Description:
[16], 284, [4] pages, [23] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm (folio)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
UF144 .S57 1650+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The title page is engraved. Signed: "Casimiro Siemienowicz inuent. et delineavit, I. v. Meurs sculp."

Signatures: *-**⁴, A-2N⁴.

The engraved illustrations are numbered A-W; illustration Q is printed across two facing leaves (folded at the inner margin).

Spaulding, T.M. Early literature of artillery, leaf [9].

British Library general catalogue of printed books to 1975, XXXII, p. 147

BN, CLXXII, column 608-609

Grässe, J.G.T. Trésor de livres rares et précieux, VI, p. 401

Errata: page 284.

BAC UF144 .S57 1650+: Bound in later vellum.
Subject Terms:
Fireworks -- Early works to 1800. | Gunpowder -- Early works to 1800. | Artillery -- Early works to 1800. | Weights and measures -- Early works to 1800.
Contributors:
Jansson, Jan, 1588–1664, printer. | Meurs, Jacob van, 1619–1680, engraver.