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Oplomachia

Treatise 1621 Italian Italy

Bonaventura Pistofilo

Illustrated military-technical treatise by Bonaventura Pistofilo covering pike, halberd, and musket. Gelli notes that the Siena 1621 volume he examined contains only the first part.

Castle carries the Pistofilo Oplomachia notice into the next page block.

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Bibliographic Overview
TitleOplomachia
AuthorBonaventura Pistofilo
Earliest publication date1621
LanguageItalian
CountryItaly
Document typeTreatise
Authority statement
Bonaventura Pistofilo
Authority Roles
Author
Bonaventura Pistofilo
Edition History
Oplomachia 1621
CitySiena
PublisherNot specified
PrinterHercole Gori
Format4°
Pages316 + 6 unnumbered
DimensionsNot specified
Siena, 1621, per Hercole Gori. Gelli records engraved title pages, dedication to Kenelm George Digby, 84 plates with 95 figures for pike and halberd, and 15 plates with 80 numbered musket figures. He notes that the copy in hand contains only the first part.

Quality phase 101j: explicit publisher/printer statement linked after individual review.

Quality phase 291: A complete copy collation establishes an engraved title, two portraits, and 54 plates; the inherited 84+15 split is rejected as incompatible. Source: https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-1047639
Digital Witnesses
Bonaventura Pistofilo — Oplomachia
Catalogue HTML
Folger Shakespeare Library · open
External authority or manifestation witness linked in enrichment phase 591.
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Gelli — Bibliografia generale della scherma — bibliographic witness for edition 1760
Catalogue PDF OCR
Jacopo Gelli / Mori BZ · open
Bibliographic witness linked in quality phase 512. It supports catalogue provenance and does not imply that the linked file is a facsimile of this edition. Source selection score 540; bibliography reference #3202.
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Scholarly References
Castle entry CAS-P047-E004
Castle (1892)
Egerton Castle, Schools and Masters of Fence, from the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century. With a complete bibliography. New and revised edition. London: George Bell & Sons, 1892.
Pages 47-48 · Entry CAS-P047-E004
Gelli entry GEL-P201-E001
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 201-203 · Entry GEL-P201-E001
Thimm entry 1699 — Pistofilo component
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 260 · Entry 1699
Thimm entry 1701
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
Pages 261,264 · Entry 1701
Reference Snapshot
Digital status Catalogued
Primary edition Oplomachia
Publisher Not specified
City Siena
Format 4°
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