Dell' arte militare

  • Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642)
Date:
Middle 17th century
Reference:
MS.299
Part of:
Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642)
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Compendio (or Discorso) dell' arte militare. [Incomplete.] Written by different contemporary hands. Illustrated with rough pen-drawn marginal and other figures and diagrams. Parts 1-8 Discorso del arte militare. [Incomplete, Part 5 Missing.] 9 Compendio del arte militare. By a different hand. 10 Epitome of the 'Discorso' by a third hand, and made from a different version.

Publication/Creation

Middle 17th century

Physical description

1 volume 10 parts. folio. 281/2 x 201/2 cm. Unbound.

Arrangement

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Acquisition note

Purchased 1929.

Ownership note

From the Galletti Collection.

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

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  • 52348C