Brechtel, Buchsenmeisterey, Nuremberg, 1591, contemporary calf, Nostitz copy

BRECHTEL, FRANZ JOACHIM

Buechsenmeisterey. Das ist: kurtze doch eigentliche Erklerung deren ding so einem buechsenmeister fuernemlich zu wissen von noeten. Nuremberg: (Katharina Gerlach), 1591

2 parts in one volume, 8vo (146 x 95mm.), title and headings printed in red and black, woodcut initials and illustrations, contemporary calf, G7 defective at foot (not affecting text), rebacked

FIRST EDITION. Brechtel (1554-1593) was a composer, a writing master, a teacher of mathematics and a gunsmith. This work on artillery was translated into Dutch in 1594 and republished in German in 1599. The woodcuts are by Jost Amman.

LITERATURE:

Cockle 667; VD16 B 7352; New Hollstein, vol 10 part 10, Amman, p.55

PROVENANCE:

Christoph Wentzel Graf von Nostitz (1648-1712), armorial bookplate and signature on title-page; purchased from Sotheran's, December 1836