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MAROZZO, Achille. [Opera nova]. Arte dell' Armi di Achille Marozzo Bolognese. Venice, 1568. Fourth edition.
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MAROZZO, Achille (1484-1553). [Opera nova]. Arte dell' Armi di Achille Marozzo Bolognese. Venice: Antonio Pinargenti, 1568.
4to (214 x 151 mm). Engraved title-page, 26 engraved plates showing 76 figures, woodcut initials. (Lacking final colophon leaf.) Modern plum calf antique.
Fourth edition of Marozzo's work, including corrections to the text and replacing the woodblock images with smaller copperplate engravings by Giovanni Battista Fontana. (See lot 2 for a copy of the third edition). Cockle 744; Pardoel 90; Thimms p.181.