BOOKS WEITTEN PRIOE TO 1600. 



1. RE MILITARI. Robertios Valturius. In twelve books, 

 of which the tenth deals with artillery et inventu 

 hominum varius reperitur. The illustrations to the 

 Paris edition of 1532 are more numerous than in the 

 Verona edition of 1483, and give exact representations 

 of bombards, hand cannon, etc., and show also the 

 manner in which they were used from ox waggons, 

 ships, fortifications, gun carriages, etc. An arrange- 

 ment of eight cannon, like the spokes of a vertically 

 pivoted wheel, is shown ; also the Turris Tormentaria, 

 et alia mirabilis machia. Verona, 1472 and 1483 ; 

 Paris, 1532. Folio. 



2. ENSALADA Y AVISOS DEL ARCUBUZ. Alejo de Puettes. 

 A manuscript dating back to 1500, and cited by D. ]S". 

 Antonio y Huerta as existing in the library of the 

 Escurial. (Spanish.) 



3. TRATTATO DI ARTIGLIERA. A sixteenth-century manu- 

 script (codice della Riccardiana). Is divided into 

 eight chapters, and has a vocabulary explaining such 

 words as " gragnuola," " balzo," " cespi." (Italian.) 

 Venice (?). 1529-39. 



4. NEUE UND BEWERKE RECEPT. Fisch und Vogel zu 

 fahen. The contents of this book " of all manner of 

 recipes for taking birds, beasts and fishes," are not 

 known to the compiler. (German.) 1530. In Svo. 



5. ORDNUNG. Nahmen und Zahl aller Biichsen. v. 

 Preuss. A list of military troops, arms, and a classi- 

 fication of ordnance. (German.) Strasburg, 1530. 



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