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14. AWERTAMENTI e essainini intomo a quelle case che 

 richiedemo a un perfetto bombardiero. Girolamo 

 Cataneo. This book forms the fifth portion of the 

 author's "Arte Militare." T. Bezola, Brescia, 1567, 

 in 4to, Venetia, 1582; and A. Solicato, Yinegia, 1596, 

 4to. 



15. ARTE DI FARE LE ARME ET i FUCILI. G. Cataneo. 

 One of the first treatises on the art of making fire- 

 arms. The writer was the author of " Arte Militare," 

 and is usually described as of Novara. This treatise 

 is quoted by Gassendi and Cotty, but is not known 

 to bibliographers, nor is a copy known to exist; it is 

 supposed to have been, issued at Brescia about 1577. 



16. BUCHSENMEISTERIE. A treatise on artillery, gunnery, 

 etc., attributed to the Emperor Maximilian I. 1569. 



17. MACHINIS BELLICIS. Heronis mechanici. An edition 

 of Hero, by Francesco Baroccio, Venice. Another 

 work by Bernardino Baldo is more common. Its title 

 is " Heronis Chesibii Belopeeca, hoc est telifactiva, 

 etc." The text in Latin and Greek. This book does 

 not contain any reference to firearms, although trans- 

 lators and annotators occasionally mention them, and 

 attempts have been made to read various references 

 into the text. Venice, 1578. 



18. DISCOURS SUR L'ARTILLERIE. A MS. among the 

 archives of the town of Turin. Attributed to S. A. 

 Due Charles Emmanuel. Turin, 1580. 



19. PRATICA MANUELE PER L'ARTIGLIERIA. Luigi Colliado. 

 A complete treatise on artillery, ancient and modern. 

 The history of the art of war and the engines used 

 therein. Pyrotechny and the making of artificial 

 fireworks, etc., etc. The author was a Spaniard, long 

 settled in Italy, and writing the Tuscan dialect. 

 Various editions of the work appeared ; in some the 

 author's name is printed Collado. (Italian.) Dus- 

 melli, Venice, 1586, folio. Bordoni e Locarni, Milan, 

 1606 ; Milan, F. Ghisolfi, 1641, in 4to. 



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