Military and martial treatise by Francesco Marziali of Brescia, printed at Bologna in 1670. Gelli emphasizes the pike-handling section and its engraved instructional figures.
Gelli describes the Bologna 1670 edition, printed by the heir of Domenico Barbieri, with engraved allegorical title pages and an opening pike section demonstrated in 17 leaves and 60 copper figures. A later 1673 witness remains preserved through older source references.
Quality phase 101e: physical extent recovered after unique-expression review; composite collation preserved where present.
Quality phase 101j: explicit publisher/printer statement linked after individual review.
Scholarly References
Gelli entry GEL-P179-E001
Gelli (1890)
Jacopo Gelli, Bibliografia generale della scherma con note critiche, biografiche e storiche.
Pages 179 · Entry 001
Thimm entry 1411
Thimm (1896)
Carl A. Thimm, A Complete Bibliography of Fencing and Duelling.
