Ein wahres Probiertes und Pracktisches geschriebenes Feuerbuch [manuscript], 1607.
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Ein wahres Probiertes und Pracktisches geschriebenes Feuerbuch [manuscript], 1607.
Description
1 v. : col. ill.
Scope and content
This work was intended to be a practical manual on the uses of explosives for defense purposes. Includes 31 colored illustrations. Followed by a treatise for master gunners, Vohgt von Unndterweisüng des grobenn Geschütz allen Büchsenmaisternn Züstenndig.
Language Note
In German.
Note
For a discussion of similarly illustrated manuscripts, see Fraas, Mitch. "A rocket cat? early modern explosives treatises at Penn" Unique at Penn (5 February 2013). http://uniqueatpenn.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/a-rocket-cat-early-modern-explosives-treatises-at-penn/
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Publications about material
"The pen's excellencie" : treasures from the manuscript collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library / compiled and edited by Heather Wolfe. Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2002, p. 116.
Exhibited
Exhibited: "The Pen's Excellencie" : Treasures from the Manuscript Collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library, curated by Heather Wolfe, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., February 6- June 8, 2002.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1987. Folger's Choice (catalog entry 38)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1987. Folger's Choice (catalog entry 38)
Includes
Vohgt von Unndterweisüng des grobenn Geschütz allen Büchsenmaisternn Züstenndig.
Item Details
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V.b.311
Folger accession
MS ADD 566