Conte Maiolino Bisaccioni - I Sensi Civili - Trattato Storico - Appresso Taddeo Pavoni in Venetia - 1642

The work is dedicated to the illustrious Venetian Riniero Zeni, Noble Knight and Procurator of Saint Mark.

The Civil Senses of Count Maiolino Bisaccioni,

They have been included as historical insights written in Italian, inspired and related to the period of the wars, the military structure in ancient Greece and in the Roman Empire, with the lived experience in the Monarchies of European Nobiliary houses, as illustrated by the Author, Elaborated Printer’s Mark that has been impressed in the precious decorated frame..
Opera omnia, Printed in Venice in the year 1642 for Taddeo Pavoni

With a treatise on military life that unites the narrative of the Count and at the time Ill.mo diplomat Maiolino Bisaccioni with two other fundamental historical texts: the Perfect Captain of Duke Henry II of Rohan and the Tactics of the Byzantine emperor Leo the Wise.

in-4 (21 x 14 cm), P.p. (5), 307, (6).

Frontispiece with a copper-engraved allegory, signed on the plate by F. Valegio, depicting the Emperor Lion, on the upper side of the plates there is an angel holding the canvas with the title of the Work, the author’s name and which also describes the heraldic arms visually on the column.

Complete work - Three main sections.
As a distinctive part of this rare edition, the engraved figures with illustrations also report the details of the tactical arrangements in the military history of the Roman army, as in the chapters illustrated with the system of the schematic figures engraved, united to the explanation of military tactics and in the history from ancient Greece.

The text describes, with the illustrated tales of Bisaccioni, life in the armies accompanying Julius Caesar, in this very rare and lexically sought translation, for the narrative of the Commentarii, in the Roman wars, of France, with ten chapters, from the Succinct of the Civil and Pompeian Wars, to the wars of Alexandria, the De bello of Africa and the Book with the wars in Spain. Written & illustrated in Italian, with the binding and with characters pressed in the fine script, with the engravings complete and described for all the Plates of the Work.

From the narratives on the history of Rome to the Titles with Caesar’s command, there are then presented the observations and reflections of the Illustrissimo Conte Bisaccioni, thus titled in the “Sensi Civili” and the “Considerazioni” of the Author, and in the central composition with the history in the Chapters for the ancient text that continues with the second part of the Work, in the articulated chapters for the “Military Discipline of the Romans,” from the soldiers’ ordinances to the construction of fortresses, from the account of assault and siege, to the narrative on the behavior of Roman Princes in war.

The text was thus divided into three titled and illustrated Works, and the Author concludes his treatise with the title “On the Tactics of Leo Emperor,” inspired and realized Greek-style around the Captain General of the Armies.

Rare and original edition with the particular engravings for the initials, finials and initial words with visual references to figures of ancient allegories, to present to the reader the historical narration of the reading. (As with the design in Plate no. 66, a special war-dead machine bearing the letter “F” at the center - End. Indicating the conclusion of the story with the combat in the Chapter).

Leather binding, Coeval, corners worn but intact, on the spine there is a red plate with gold-impressed characters, indicating in part the Title with the Author of the Work, line with 5 raised ridges. Red-stippled edges. First and only edition, very rare and refined, internally present in an excellent state of preservation with clean and numerically complete and intact Plates, no tears or significant missing parts, no signs of invasive marks.

Details of the Work
Publication year: 1642 (First and only Edition)
Printer: Taddeo Pavoni, in Venice
Content: 307 pages preceded by 8 pages with a detailed introduction and with the main presentations from the Printer to the Reader. The Plates with the Titles were decorated with wooden-engraved finials and initials included the Initials drawn on copper for this rare and precious old illustrated work.
Physical characteristics: Includes a fine allegorical frontispiece engraved on copper by F. Valegio depicting the Emperor Leo, with the heraldic coat of arms,

(The work with images inserted in sequence for courteous attention, as a visual completion of the presentation).