Prospettiva di fortificationi dell'ingegnere et capitano Girolamo Portigiani Fioren[tin]o : nella quale rimirando ciascheduno professore esperto dell'arte della militia, potráa in un subito come in uno specchio uedere tutto qucllo [sic] quasi, che altroue alla lunga & del fabricare & del difendere & dell'espugnar fortezze, letto, o in ca[m]pagna, in fatto praticato hauessi ...

Main entry:

Portigiani, Girolamo, -1591.

Title & Author:

Publication:

Bononie : Augustinus Parisinus et Io : Bapt[ist]a Negro Pontes form[is?], [16--]

Description:

[21] leaves (1 folded) : illustrations (etchings) ; 18 x 47 cm

Notes:
Engraved throughout; plates (including t.p. and port. of Portigiani) on 19 double leaves and 1 folded leaf.
Issued without imprint date but probably published in first half of 17th century; terminus a quo being date of Portigiani's death given as 1591 in his engraved port. and terminus ad quem being the dates, fl. 1625-1636, assigned to Agostino Parisini by Thieme-Becker.

Exhibitions:

Exhibited: "La géométrie de la fortification: traités et manuels, 1500-1800 = The geometry of defence: fortification treatises and manuals, 1500-1800", Centre canadien d'architecture Aug. 12, 1992-Feb. 28, 1993.

Subject:

Fortification Early works to 1800.
Fortification.

Form/genre:

Early works.

Added entries:

Negro Pontes, Joannes Baptista.
Parisini, Agostino, active 1625-1637.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 137856
Call No.: UG400.P85 (ID:86-B9271)
Status: Available

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