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Beschreibung einer (neuen) Buchszenmeisterey

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS E31

Overview

A treatise written by Josephus Furthenbach (or Joseph Furttenbach) on firearms and fireworks, with ten leaves at end concerned with surveying instruments used for planning fortifications.

Dates

  • Creation: 1634?

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Extent

1 volume (66 leaves) : Pagination: title page, leaves 1-2, 4, 6-9, 11-22, [4 leaves], 23-48, 51-52, 49-50, 53 [11 leaves]; leaves 3, 5, 10 wanting; extra leaves inserted between 22 and 23, and at end; 51 misbound between 48 and 49. Binding: Vellum [20th Century?]. Ornamentation: 52 drawings of firearms, fireworks, surveying, instruments, plans of fortifications. Scribe: Joannes Jacobus Bröchius von Rainfelden. ; 31 x 19.5 cm

Language of Materials

German

Physical Location

MS E31

Custodial History

Prince Liechtenstein

Immediate Source of Acquisition

H.P. Kraus, 1960

Title
Guide to the 17th-century German Treatise on Firearms and Fireworks Collection
Subtitle
Beschreibung einer (neuen) Buchszenmeisterey
Author
Finding aid prepared by am, 1961; revised by ksc, 2006. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2006.
Date
2006
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in English.
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/2832764522
Preferred citation
Beschreibung einer (neuen) Buchszenmeisterey, Department of Special Collections, MS E31, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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