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FURTTENBACH, Joseph

Halinitro-Pyrobolia: Beschreibung Einer newen Büchsenmeisterey
Ulm
J. Saur
1627
€500 - €600

In-folio (30 x 19 cm), [20] + 107 pp, with engraved title-page and 44 double page engraved plates. 3 plates cut short, fold. plate with a repaired tear, small wormhole in the first lvs, else a very fine copy. Recent vellum binding from an old music-manuscript

"Ref. Berlin Kat. 3294 ; Millard, Northern European Books, 33. First edition. Famous manual on artillery, military & civil firework with instructive illustrations. Halinitro-Pyrobaolia presents Furttenbach's essays on salpeter, sulfur, coal, and other substances used in the manufacture of weaponry and explosives"

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