Roberto valturio 14051475 was an italian engineer and writer born in rimini. Publication date 1483 publisher bonini, bonino, ca. This celebrated edition of the military treatise of roberto valturio was the first incunabulum illustrated with technical woodcuts. The text touched on a wide range of matters ranging from the composition of roman imperial legions to the qualities of effective commanders to the maintenance of discipline and morale. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Saggi critici, a cura di paola del bianco, introduzione di franco cardini, rimini, guaraldi, 2006, pp. When this military treatise was completed around 1460, the patron, sigismondo pandolfo. The aesthetics of soldiering by stephen paul register. This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a twodimensional, public domain work. The work consists of a preface, with a dedication to sigismondo pandolfo malatesta. Abebooks on demand books amazon find in a library all sellers. Valturius, qui antea apud curiam romanam operam dederat, fuit ab anno 1446 clari conductoris sigismundi malatestae consiliarius. Printed book with 82 woodcut illustrations impressed by hand.
Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book without typos from the publisher. The reckoning of time translated with notes and introduction by faith wallis. Christianum wechelum, sub insigni scuti basiliensis, 1532. In this copy valturios captions to the images of war machines were supplied in manuscript by felice feliciano 1433c. Paused youre listening to a sample of the audible audio edition. M4 sherman tank crew tell how shocking it was duration. The novelty of the publication lay less in the machines portrayed than in the fact that the images of the machines achieved such wide distribution. Shrader, kindly gave me many years ago, and which became a wellused and annotated companion. Media in category roberto valturio the following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total.
Roberto valturio italian, rimini 14051475 rimini artist. Author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. According to sander, this edition contains an original set of woodblocks which appear here for the first time. Numerous initials in various sizes supplied in red and blue. This public document was automatically mirrored from pdfy. Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations.
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