Kurtzer Tractat vom Anfang dess Kriegs Kunstes zu Fuess zum unter Richt der jungen Soldaten ... : Sambt eyner kleynen Regel der Fortification, so woll Royal wie ordinary .. / durch Hanss Petersen, Holsteyner, Jetziger Zeid gemeyner Waibel under dem Loeblichen Rettichhauserschen Regiment im fürstlich Pallast anno 1639.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Petersen, Hans.

Contributor:

Castella, Ludwig von, former owner.

Language:

German

Italian

Subjects (All):

Fortification--Italy--Genoa--Early works to 1800.

Fortification.

Geometry--Early works to 1800.

Geometry.

Military art and science--Italy--Genoa--Early works to 1800.

Military art and science.

Italy--Genoa.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

diagrams

drawings (visual works)

tables (documents)

Manuscripts, German -- 17th century.

Manuscripts, Italian -- 17th century.

Manuscripts, European.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Ludwig von Castella, Freiburg, 1888 (note, flyleaf i).

Sold by Robin Halwas Booksellers (London), June 1996.

Physical Description:

240 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 144 x 70 (122 x 53) mm bound to 146 x 75 mm

Production:

[Genoa], 1639.

Other Title:

Exercitio militari usata nella militia Allemane dal regemento de guardia nell Real pallaz[z]o de Genua

Language Note:

German, with a few sections in Italian.

Summary:

Tracts on military fortifications and military exercises with numerous diagrams, including problems in geometry as applied to fortifications and defense. Diagrams and drawings in pen and ink include 13 folded leaves bound in.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title from title page (p. v).

Pagination: Paper, iv (contemporary paper) + 240 + iii (contemporary paper) leaves; [v], 1-157, [iv], 158-183, [ii], 184-193, [ii], 194-201, [ii], 202-219, [ii], 220-235, [ii], 236-245, [ii], 246-273, [ii], 274-289, [iv], 290-327, [ii], 328-341, [iv], 342-353, [ii], 354-369, [ii], 370-427, 429-434, [435-437]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.

Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.

Decoration: Frontispiece with coat of arms in red and brown ink with the motto "Et Rege eos firmissimum, libertatis, munimentum" with page cut off at the bottom (p. iii); diagrams and tables in red and brown ink throughout.

Binding: Contemporary black tooled leather with "H. P." on spine and upper cover; clasps missing. Some worm damage on covers; a few folded leaves are torn; damage to leather on upper and lower edges of spine.

Origin: Written in Genoa in 1639 (p. ii).

Cited as:

Hans Petersen, Kurtzer Tractat vom Anfang dess Kriegs Kunstes (Ms. Codex 888). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

225163552