pyrotechnics (13 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Poor. Mm. 280x190. 54 pagine numerate. Scritto da un unica mano databile alla metà del XVIII secolo ed illustrato con diversi disegni di fuochi d'artificio di varie forme e dimensioni. Non rilegato. Aloni di umidità e brunitura, ultima pagina un po' sporca e con piccoli fori. Conservato in un cofanetto moderno in pelle arancione.Affascinante manoscritto di pirotecnia, probabilmente contemporaneo all'opera di G.A. Alberti (La Pirotechnia o sia trattato dei Fuochi d'Artificio, Venezia, 1749), che si presenta come un manuale pratico redatto, probabilmente ad uso personale, da un fuochista professionista.Nelle prima parte si elencano le specifiche dosi di polvere pirica e le diverse miscele atte a realizzare Raggi, Girandole, Rocchette, Fontane, Soffioni, Trombe etc. Nella successiva parte si dettaglia la "composizione per caricare i Globi Acquatici, che ardono sopra e sotto dell'Acqua", la realizzazione di Fuochi Volanti, le diverse polveri d'archibugio da utilizzare, tutta una serie di "fuochi da acqua" di cui si raffigura la struttura e si dettaglia la costruzione, sino ad arrivare - nell'ultima pagina, ad uno spettacolare "Raggio a Cometa ideato ma non provato", a tutti gli effetti un missile con un sistema propulsivo alla base e di lato, tale probabilmente da farlo ruotare in aria. Che il manuale abbia una natura pratica e non teorica è dimostrato dalle ricorrenti osservazione al margine dei vari fuochi: "Provato e riuscito", "Provato e riuscito a perfezione", "provato", alle volte con commenti "Provato e riuscito et è un raggio bellissimo". Book.

12mo (178 x 105 mm), [2], [7]-36pp., folding hand-coloured frontispiece, some light soiling, rebound in later red cloth. JISC and OCLC locating a single copy at the British Library. Philips, A Bibliography of Firework Books, A170.4.

Quedlinburg und Leipzig, Ernst'schen Buchhandlung, 1862. Small 8vo. Uncut in orig. printed wrappers. A small brownspot in upper part of frontwrapper and on the first 2 leaves. VI,138 pp., 1 folded lithographed plate, textillustrations in woodcut. Fourth edition of this popular work "The fireworker. Instruction for amateurs to make fireworks" first published 1840. - Chris Philip L.100.5.

Paris, Roret, 1828. 12mo. Uncut in cont. blank wrappers. IV,283 pp. + Publisher's announcements 36 pp., 2 folded engraved plates and 3 folded tables. Titlepage and last page a bit soiled. This popular work ran through many editions, sometimes under different titles. The popularity of these works printed by Roret is such that a number of them have recently been reprinted.(Chris Philip V.040 ff.).

Breslau, Ferdinand Hirt, 1858. Fine cont. haclf. Gilt back. Printed and xylographed title. (4),320 pp. Textillustrations. Fine and clean. The work seems to be the first edition with this title, although it is an adaptation of the authors previously printed work under a slightly different title. Websky was without doubt the most influential and profilic German writer of the 19th century on the subject.(Chris Philip: W040.7).

A Paris, Chez Audot, 1820. Small 8vo. Bound uncut with orig. printed yellow wrappers, decorated with a woodcut-border and a vignette in fine recent marbled boards, titlelabel in leather, gilt on back. (4),102 pp. and 10 engraved plates with many figs. A fine clean copy. This work about making fireworks at little costs, became very popular and was much copied and translated into several languages. - Chris Philip A 180.2.

Leipzig, Kummer, 1807. Contemp. full mottled calf. Richly gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Gilt lineborders on covers. A paperlabel pasted on spine. Stamp on title-page. XXIV,270 pp., 22 folded engraved plates. A few faint scattered brownspots. A fine copy. First german edition. - Chris Philip, R070.1.

Venetia, Pietro Dusinelli, 1586. Folio. Nice later (around 1950) half polished calf, raised bands, 4 compartments gilt. Titlepage with a beautifull renaissance caryatid border in woodcut and with the coat of arms of the Duke of Aragon. Title with 2 small stamps. (4),92 leaves + 2 unnumbered leaves (at sign. T) with illustrations. Having 6 full-page and 29 smaller woodcut-iullustr. and 2 unnumb. plates. Clean and fine, with the illustrations in strong impressions. The opening initial in the preface has been cut out, with a bit of loss of a few letters on verso. The very rare first edition, the only edition in the original form, of Collado's famous work, being "the first really detailed, well-illustrated technical manual on both the theory and practice of artillery" (A.R. Hall in Ballistics in the 17th century)."The greatest interest of this work as far as pyrotechnics are concerned is contained in Chapter 11 which is entitled, "Of.fires which can be adopted for use in times of festivity.The text of the 1586 edition describes these items (a line rocket, a vertical and horizontal wheel, and a device called Spanish 'Las Granadas'), but they are not illustrated. This book contains some of the earliest and fullest descriptions of recreative fireworks." (Chris Philip, C 070.4)."Very rare, and one of the earliest works, if not the earliest, dealing exclusively with artillery. The numerous types of cannon figured are of great interest, while the work itself represents a fine specimen of typography." (Sotheran, Bibliotheca Chemico-Mathematica, vol. I, no 6987.Cockle (No 664) calls it "Very rare" the only ed. of the original form of Collado's famous work, Ayala, nor having seen it, gives the trans. of the Spanish "Platica" as a reprint of it."(Cockle). The "Platica" is a Spanish translation from 1592.

Paris, Nyon Fils, 1747. 4to. Bound in a fine contemp. full mottled calf. 5 raised bands, richly gilt back. Marbled edges. A paperlabel pasted on lower compartment. Titlepage with a stamp and a small hole after erasing an old name, no loos of text. Engraved frontispiece. LIV,(2),496 pp.13 engraved plates and 3 fine textengravings. Printed on good paper, internally clean and fine with very broad margins so that this work normally have 8vo- size now appears in 4to size (25,5x20 cm.). Second edition of this treatise of fireworks for celebration, the first edition issued in 1706. There was a pirated edition in 1741. Frezier was encouraged by this pirated edition and he issued his second edition, which appeared in 1747 in three different versions by different printers. (Chris Philip F 110.5).

Strassburg, Amand König, 1765. 4to. Contemporary hcalf, raised bands richly gilt back. (4),140,(4) pp. 9 folded engraved plates with many figs. The first leaves somewhat brownspotted, otherwise mostly marginal brownspots. Scarce first edition. The text gives clear and basic instructiuons for recreative fireworks with receipts, and the engravings shows in details their construction. - Chris Philip B 130.1.

Paris, Pierre Gvillemot, 1632. 8vo. Cont. full limp vellum, remains of ties. Titlelabel in red leather on back, this with a small nick. Top of spine strenghtened with a strip of vellum. Engraved title with Neptun & Mars. (6),277,(10) pp., 28 half-page textengravings and 15 large wood-cut illustrations. A few scattered brownspots. A good copy. Second enlaged edition of this scarce treatise of fireworks for war and recreation. The work is divided in five sections: the first 56 pp. to war, pp. 57-146 to 'recreation' and pp. 147-277 to sundials, fortification, geometry and arithmetics. Of the English edition of 1629, Cockle says "This work, though in advance of anything so far written on the subject in English, does not attain to the standard of Thibourel and Appier. Yet it is with foreign treatises it must be weighed, for Malthus received his training in pyrotechnics abroad.It was Malthus who about the year 1634 introduced the mortar into the French service." - Klaus Jordan: 2328 (ed. 1629) - Chris Philip: M 040.3 - Cockle Nos 118 a. 939.

London, W. Simpkin & R. Marshall, 1824. Small 8vo. Later solid fabrikoid cloth. Partly uncut. VIII,172 pp. and 2 folded woodengraved plates with 39 figs. (the first plate numb.:plate 1, the second unnumb.). A few leaves slightly brownspotted, a few annotations in old hand. First edition of a very popular book which ran through at least 3 English editions and 2 American editions. - Chrisp Philip. A Bibliography of Firework Books: M 190.1.

Haye, Chez J. Neaulme, 1741. Small 8vo. Cont. full mottled calf w. five raised bands on back, back richly gilt. Small holes and lack of leather to lower capital and back-hinge, due to insect-bites. Bdg. somewhat worn. Internally a bit of brownspotting and occationally a little soiling, but overall fine. Engr. frontispiece (= engr. t-p. dated 1707), 8 full-page engr. plates and 3 about half-page engr. vignettes. (6), XVIII, 394, (6) pp. This is the Dutch reprint (in French) (also called the "pirated edition") of the first edition from 1706/07, with the engraved title-page from this. The second edition appeared in 1747. "In 1741 Neaulme issued a pirated edition which again, apart from variations on the title-page, is identical to the 1706 edition. Encouraged by this pirated edition Frezier wrote a second edition which appeared in 1747 in three differing versions." (C. Philip, p. 59). Very important reference-work on firewirks. "Frezier was probably one of the most important pyrotechnics in the mid 18th century." (C. Philip, p. 58). He borrows heavily from other authors, but his works are interesting, also as they scrupulously cite the sources. The plates show different kinds of fireworks, with many illustrations on each and the vignettes show displays of fireworks, as this work also deals much with the conduct and displaying of these.