COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL022808tr
Reference Number:
Incunable 9924
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Fighting Ship
Parent Work Title:
De re militari
Translated Parent Work Title:
On military matters
Creator:
Valturio, Roberto, 1405-1475
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1472
Publication Details:
Verona: Johannes Nicolai de Verona
Description:
Illustrated: Fighting Ship. Depictions of developments in military engineering. Earliest printed book to contain scientific illustrations.
Subject:
Military engineering
Subject:
Weapons
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Technique Used:
Woodcut (process)
Support:
Paper
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
References:
'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Vol. 82, Nos. 2 and 3, 2000.
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, June 2004
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Fighting Ship
