Italian sixteenth-century military works, by Pigna, Rocca and others, 6 volumes

ITALIAN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY MILITARY WORKS

A collection of 6 volumes, comprising:

i. Adriano, Alfonso. Della disciplina militare. Venice: Ludovico Avanzi, 1566, 4to, woodcut illustrations (1 double-page), contemporary limp vellum gilt, inscription of Thomas Knyvett on title-page, [Cockle 535; Edit16 12528], binding detached

ii. Cicogna, Giovanni Matteo. Il primo libro del trattato militare. Venice: Giovanni Bariletti, 1567, 4to, woodcut illustrations and typographical diagrams, carta rustica, purchased from Sotheran's, December 1936, [Cockle 536; Edit16 12518], sewing splitting

iii. Fourquevaux, Raymond de Beccarie de Pavie. Tre libri della disciplina militare tradotti nella lingua italiana [by Mambrino Roseo]. Venice: Michele Tramezzino, 1550, 8vo, woodcut diagrams, modern vellum gilt, gilt edges, [Cockle 515; Edit16 19602]

iv. Garimberti, Girolamo. Il capitano generale. Venice: Giordano Ziletti, 1556, 8vo, final leaf containing device only, contemporary limp vellum, [Edit16 20417]

v. Pigna, Giovanni Battista. Il duello. Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1554, 4to, with blank leaf Ll4, later vellum, inscription of Gregorio Tegumi on title-page, bookplate of Alfred Hutton, [Cockle 882; Edit16 37637]

vi. Rocca, Bernardino. Imprese, stratagemi, et errori militari. Venice: Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, 1566, 4to, near-contemporary vellum, bookplate of Thomas Francis Fremantle, [Cockle 534; Edit16 26486], some staining

Garimberti dedicates a whole chapter to the use of cruelty in war.