Trattato di varie cose attenenti a guerra, molini, aque, pesi, mechaniche fortezze, et altro.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827, former owner.

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Mechanical engineering--Early works to 1800.

Mechanical engineering.

Military art and science--Early works to 1800.

Military art and science.

Technology--Early works to 1800.

Technology.

Water-wheels--Early works to 1800.

Water-wheels.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

drawings (visual works)

technical drawings

treatises

Manuscripts, Italian.

Manuscripts, European.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Frederick North, fifth Earl of Guilford.

Sold at auction by R. H. Evans as part of the North collection, 8-11 Dec. 1830, second volume of lot 262 (number on spine in ink), to John Cochran.

Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 5473.

Sold at auction at Swann Galleries, 6 Dec. 1984, lot 200, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.

Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.

Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.

Physical Description:

99 leaves : paper ; 305 x 215 (260 x 158) mm bound to 311 x 230 mm

Production:

[Italy], 1687.

Other Title:

Trattato di coses attenenti a guerra.

Language Note:

Italian.

Summary:

Illustrated treatise in 4 books on machinery, addressing machines for attacking fortified cities, the use of waterwheels in mills and manufacturing, and the construction of defensive fortifications, followed by an alphabetical index. Some oxidation, especially along heavy lines.

Contents:

1. p.i-42: Libro primo: Varie cose attenenti alla guerra, e particolarmente all' offensiva, e varie cose mecanicamente sostenute.

2. p.43-77: Libro secondo: Varii modi d'adoprar l'aqua nelle ruote con poca forza e varii molini, et edificii da macinare ogni sorte di cose.

3. p.79-133: Libro terzo: Varii modi di tirar l'aqua, e di conoscere la natura, et effetti di esse, e varii altri instrumenti mechanici, che sminuiscono molto la forza in adattargli il peso.

4. p. 135-174: Libro quarto: Varii modi di construir fortezze all' antigha e di conoscerne i siti, et altre osservationi per la fortificatione difensiva, e varii avertimenti, circa le aque, metalli, cisterne, et altre cose naturali.

5. p.179-191: Indice o tavola di tutta l'opera distinta in libri quattro, nell' anno 1687.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title from title page (p. i); spine title Trattato di coses attenenti a guerra.

Collation: Paper, i + 99 + i; 1¹⁶(+1) 2-5¹⁶ 6¹⁸; [i-ii, 1], 2-191, [192-196], contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.

Layout: Written in 2 columns of 35-36 lines; ruled in lead, vertical bounding lines.

Script: Written in cursive script.

Decoration: Numerous technical drawings in ink; decorative initials in ink, 3 to 5 lines in height, at the beginning of each chapter.

Binding: Contemporary (late 17th-century) parchment over paper boards, with title Trattato di coses att[enent]i a guerra M.S. in ink on spine.

Origin: Written in Italy in 1687 (p. i (title page), 179 ).

Local Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Cited in:

Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 126 (LJS 22).

Cited as:

LJS 22

OCLC:

808499314

Online:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page