Italian sixteenth-century military works, by Cicuta, Ferretti, Ruscelli and others, 7 volumes

ITALIAN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY MILITARY WORKS

A collection of 7 volumes, comprising:

i. Cicuta, Aurelio. Disciplina militare. Venice: Ludovico Avanzi, 1572, 4to, woodcut illustrations and typographic diagrams, without final blank, later red morocco-backed boards, purchased from Davis & Orioli, 19 May 1954, £8-10s (extract from sale catalogue loosely inserted), [Edit16 12529]

ii. Ferretti, Francesco. Della osservanza militare... libri due. Venice: Camillo and Rutilio Borgominieri, 1568, 4to, woodcut illustrations, with final blank, old boards, [Edit16 18849]

iii. Ruscelli, Girolamo. Precetti della militia moderna, tanto per mare, quanto per terra. Venice: heirs of Melchiorre Sessa, 1572, 4to, woodcut initials and illustrations, without final blank, old patterned boards, signature of Luigi Germagnano, [Cockle 663; Edit16 30248], leaf H1 detached, blank foot of final leaf excised, slightly worn

iv. Ruscelli, Girolamo. Precetti della militia moderna, tanto per mare quanto per terra. Venice: heirs of Melchiorre Sessa, 1583, 4to, woodcut initials and illustrations, without final blank, modern mottled calf, [Cockle 663; Edit16 30479]

v. Centorio degli Ortensi, Ascanio. Il primo (-quarto) discorso...sopra l'ufficio d'un capitano generale di essercito. Venice: Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, 1558, 4 parts in one volume, 4to, with final blank, contemporary limp vellum, [Edit16 75038]

vi. Galvani, Galvano. Il castellano. Avvertimenti, et ordini, che convengono ad un castellano in una fortezza semplice. Urbino: Olivo Cesano, 1580, 4to, contemporary limp vellum, [Edit16 20300], upper hinge broken

vii. Rocca, Bernardino. De' discorsi di guerra. Venice: Damiano Zenaro, 1582, 4to, contemporary vellum with blue and yellow silk ties, printed shelf label of the Biblioteca Terzi, [Edit16 39495], ties defective

Ferretti refers favourably to Machiavelli by name (p.51), despite Machiavelli's appearance on the Index of Prohibited Books before the publication of this work.