Mariano Taccola and his book De ingeneis
By: [by] Frank D. Prager and Gustina Scaglia.
Contributors: Scaglia, Gustina, joint author.; Taccola, Mariano, 1381-ca. 1458.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 1972
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Taccola, Mariano, 1381-ca. 1458; Mechanical engineering -- Early works to 1800
Notes: Bibliography: p. 218-221.
A study of an early treatise, dated 1433, identified as De ingeneis [On engines]; autograph in Munich, Codex Latinus 197, and Florence, Codex Palatinus 766. Includes selected drawings of books 1 and 2 of this treatise and the drawings and texts (in Latin and English) of books 3 and 4.