De La pirotechnia (1540). de BIRINGUCCIO, Vannoccio (c.1480 – c.1539); MIELI, Aldo (editor) (1879-1950) - 1914

Bari:: Societa Tipografica Editrice Barese, 1914., 1914. Tome 1 (complete) of this series. Series: Classici delle scienze e della filosofia; Ser. scient.; Classici delle scienze e della filosofia / Serie scientifica, Classici delle scienze e della filosofia, 1. 8vo. lxxxv, 198 pp. Illus.; hinges and cords, including that of title page, all loose (wartime paper brittle). Later quarter brown cloth over brown textured paper over boards, spine labels; rubbed. Burndy bookplate. As is, but serviceable copy. BIRINGUCCIO's classic work, De La pirotechnia, was first issued (posthumously) in 1540. It is a fundamental work on the art of metallurgy. "Biringuccio is considered by some as the father of the foundry industry as De la pirotechnia is the first printed account of proper foundry practice." [SciHi]. The editor, Aldo Mieli, was an influential historian of science, and a pioneer of gay rights. He is now considered one of the founders of the discipline of the history of science, as one of the first to consider it a discipline.