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Pistofilo, Bonaventura.
Estimate
2,000 - 2,500 GBP
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Description
- Oplomachia. Siena: Hercole Gori, 1621
- paper
Oblong 4to (131 x 193mm.), engraved title, 2 engraved portraits, 54 full-page engraved illustrations, gathering H in duplicate, contemporary vellum with manuscript lettering on spine, later slipcase
Provenance
Torre del Palasciano, gilt device on slipcase
Literature
Cockle 742; Lipperheide 2073
Catalogue Note
This manual on the management of pike, halberd and musket was dedicated to Sir Kenelm Digby, who stayed in Florence for two years after fleeing Paris. It contains a fine portrait of the dedicatee aged eighteen.