Furttenbach, Halinitro-Pyrobolia, Ulm, 1627, later half calf

FURTTENBACH, JOSEPH

Halinitro-Pyrobolia: Beschreibung Einer newen Büchsenmeisterey. Ulm: Jonas Saur, 1627

FIRST EDITION, folio (294 x 190mm.), title printed in red and black within woodcut border, additional engraved double-page title, 44 engraved plates, WITH THE RARE PRINTED LEAF SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (see footnote), later calf-backed boards, slightly worn

With the scarce printed leaf bound at the end, containing a printed key for the symbols for the materials of gunpowder, signed by the author, previously folded and docketed on the verso with the remains of his seal.

LITERATURE:

VD17 23:270319A

PROVENANCE:

ink monogram T.H. on title; Johann Giersberg, inscription on verso of flyleaf; Albert Christian Ernst, Graf und Herr von Schönburg (1720-1799), inscription on title and verso of title stating that he bought this at auction in Berlin, 1748; R.T. Pritchett, bookplate