De la pirotechnia libri X.
Subtitle: dove ampiamente si tratta non solo di ogni sorte & diuersita di miniere, ma anchora quanto si ricerca intorno à la prattica di quelle cose, di quel che si appartiene à l'arte de la fusione, ouer gitto de metalli, come d'ogni altra cosa simile à questa
By: composti per il S. Vanoccio Biringuccio Sennese
Publisher: Per Venturino Rossinello, ad instantia di Curtio Nauo & fratelli
Published: 1540
Place of publication: Stampata in Venetia
Language: ita
Number of pages: 168
Subjects: Metallurgy; Early works to 1800; Mineral industries; Metal-work
Work titles: De la pirotechnia
Notes: T.p. border incorporating female allegory of Venice at top and the Navò lion device at bottom. The lion recurs on a shield on the t.p. verso. The 84 cuts of this 1st ed. were re-used in the Navò eds. of 1550 and 1558-9; see Mortimer.

Mortimer, R.  Italian 16th cent., 66

Brunet, I, 954

Binding: marbled paper (white, red, green) over pasteboard, half vellum. Spine label with title in gilt: BIRINGUC / LA / PIROTECH. Edges sprinkled red.

Shelf mark in brown ink at foot of t.p. and t.p. verso: N III. no.  That on the t.p. is written over an older, faded inscription.