THE PIROTECHNIA OF VANNOCCIO BIRINGUCCIO - Biringuccio, Vannoccio 1990 (New York)

Autor: Biringuccio, Vannoccio

Idioma: English

Editorial: Dover (New York)

1990

15,50x23,50 cm.

477 páginas. Cubiertas en rústica protegidas con plástico por anterior propietario. Ilustrado. Firma. Buen estado.

Translated and Edited by Cyril Stanley Smith and Martha Teach Gnudi

The classic sixteenth-century treatise on metals and metallurgy

Vannoccio Biringuccio was the Siennese metallurgist and armament maker who wrote history's first clear, comprehensive work on metallurgy. First published in 1540, shorthy after Biringuccio's death, The Pirotechnia is a lavishly illustrated volume that describes in detail the equipment and processes of 16th-century mining, smelting and metalworking.

For centuries, this famous work has been a standard reference in the field of metals and metallurgy. It is especially valuable today as a vital source of information on the state of technology in the 15th and 16th centuries.