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Dell'arte militare libri cinqve : ne' qvali si tratta il modo di fortificare, offeendere [sic], et diffendere vna fortezza : et l'ordine come si debbano fare gli alloggiamenti campali & formare le battaglie : et nell'vltimo l'essamine de' bombardieri, & di far fuochi arteficiati

Cataneo, Girolamo · 1584 · In Brescia : Appresso Thomaso Bozzola · 27 pictures

Dell'arte militare libri cinque is a 1584 Italian treatise on military art by Girolamo Cataneo, printed in Brescia by Thomaso Bozzola for officers and engineers. Its pictures are plain geometric diagrams of fortress plans, angled bastion outlines with lettered points, measuring scales in paces, and surveying lines, which a designer might use for their clean line work, lettering, and schematic layouts.

Military art and science · Fortification · Siege warfare · Military fireworks

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