Oplomachia Di Bonaventura Pistofilo nobile Ferrarese Dottore, e Cavaliere. Nella quale con dottrina morale, politica, e militare, e col mezzo delle figure si tratta per via di teorica, e di pratica del maneggio, e dell'uso delle Armi. Distinta in tre discorsi di Picca, d'Alabarda, e di Moschetto.
[T.pl., port., dedic.] - In Laudem Authoris [with one illus. (port.)] - A' Lettori - Introduttione - [Text and illus.] - Tavola de' Capitoli - Tavola Delle Cose Notabili Nella Presente Opera contenute - Errori occorsi nello Stampare - Registro; [approbation]; [colophon].
Responsibility Note
The title-plate is unsigned. The portrait of K.G. Digbi is signed 'CB'
In-text illustrations are unsigned.
The publishers are named more fully in the colophon: 'In Siena, Appresso Ercole, & Agamemnona Gori. M.DC.XXI. Con licenza de' Superiori.'
The work is dedicated by Bonaventura Pistofilo to Kenelmo Giorgio Digbi.
Summary Note
The engraved title-plate is followed by a portrait of the dedicatee, K.G. Digbi.
The first in-text illustration shows a portrait of Bonaventura Pistophilus. The rest show the use of sword, lance and rifle.
Provenance
The verso of the front loose endpaper is inscribed in pencil, 'S.A.H', i.e. S.A. Hart, librarian of the Royal Academy 1864-81.
Copy Note
The title-plate is inscribed in ink, 'C. B'.
Binding Note
17th-century white vellum; spine inscribed in ink, 'Oplomachia di Pistofilo'.
Subject
Lances - Weapons - Spears (weapons) - Swords - Fencing - Martial arms - Costume - Italy - Tuscany - Siena - History - 17th century
Manuals - Instructional materials - Italy - 17th century
Pictorial works - Italy - 17th century