Ufano, Artillerie, Rouen, 1628, contemporary vellum

UFANO, DIEGO

Artillerie, ou vraye instruction de l'artillerie et de ses appurtenances... Rouen: Jean Berthelin, 1628

folio (292 x 203mm.), title within engraved border, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, with the additional quire "Quelques advertissemens dependans de l'artillerie", 28 engraved plates (18 double-page), contemporary limp vellum

The plates are close copies of those used for the 1614 Frankfurt edition (see lot 440). Although de Bry is not named as the translator, the French text is identical.

LITERATURE:

Cockle 684; Palau 342947; USTC 6814649 (listing 3 copies)

PROVENANCE:

Whyte Melville, of Bennochy and Strathkinness, armorial bookplate (perhaps John Whyte Melville, 1797-1883)