Main entry:

Tensini, Francesco, 1581-1630.

Title & Author:

La fortificatione, gvardia, difesa, et espvgnatione delle fortezze esperimentata in diverse gverre / del cavaliero Francco. Tensini da Crema.

Publication:

In Venetia : Appresso Antonio Bariletti et fratelli al segno del mondo, 1630.

Description:

[12], 83, 83, 128 p., plates : ill., port. ; 39 cm.

Notes:
Title within architectural border. Initials.
Colophon: In Venetia. MDCXXIIII. Appresso Euangelista Deuchino.
Often described as the "second edition", this is actually a reissue of the sheets of the 1623/1624 first edition, except for the first two quires which were reprinted with the author's dedication (dated 1 January 1624) suppressed, and a new imprint and date added to the engraved t.p.
Title page signed: Fillippo Sadeler fecit Venetia; print no. 1 signed: Odoardo Fialetti fecit in Venetia, 1624.
D'Ayala, M. Bib. militare-italiana, p. 123
Cockle, M.J.D. Military books, 813
Razzolini & Bacchi della Lega. Bib. dei testi di lingua a stampa, p. 348, 428-429
BL 17th cent. Italian books, p. 899
Grässe, VI, p. 51
Brunet, V, col. 699

Subject:

Military architecture Early works to 1800.
Fortification Early works to 1800.
Siege warfare.
Attack and defence (Military science) Early works to 1800.
Architecture militaire Ouvrages avant 1800.
Guerre de siège.
Fortification.
Military architecture.

Form/genre:

Early works.

Added entries:

Sadeler, Philipp.
Fialetti, Odoardo, 1573-1638.
Fortificatione, guardia, difesa, et espugnatione delle fortezze esperimentata in diverse guerre.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 46881
Call No.: UG443.T4 (ID:89-B6160)
Status: Available