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Inventions of military machines and other devices

Inventions of military machines and other devices

Call Number:
Osborn a8  (Request the physical item to view in our reading room)
Creator: Rabbards, Ralph
Language:
English
Date: [1580-1590]
Subjects:
Measuring instruments
Military art and science--Early works to 1800
Military art and science--Great Britain--History--16th century
Military art and science--Technological innovations--History
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Rabbards, Raphe
Jenkins, Rhys--Ownership
Genres:
Manuscripts
Hand coloring
Illustrations
Type of Resource:
mixed material
Description:
Author possibly an English military adventurer who traveled through the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy.
In the preface to "The Compound of Alchemy" (Osborn fa16), Rabbards notes that he has "these fortie yeares amongst manie other most commendable exercises and inventions of so warlike Engines, founde out divers devices of rare service, both for Sea and land" and expresses his intention to "impart some other rare experiments of Distillations and Fire-Workes of great service, not hitherto committed in writing or put in practise by any of our nation." This apparently refers to Osborn a8, the only known copy of the work.
Signature on f. 1 of W. Bayntun, Gray's Inn.
Descriptions of military machines are accompanied by colored illustrations.
Binding: contemporary brown calf, with gold tooling of Lyonese style with semis of eaglets.
Raphe (or Ralph) Rabbards, born slightly before 1531, published "The Compound of Alchemy" by George Ripley (see Osborn fa16) in 1591.
Ex libris Rhys Jenkins. Bequest of James M. Osborn, 1976.
Abstract:
Drawings and plans for various implements and instruments, including printing presses.
Manuscript, on paper, in italic script, produced in England after 1591.
Physical Description:
color ill.
1 v. (92 ff.) 11 cm. x 16.6 cm.
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Curatorial Area: Beinecke Library
Curated Collection: The Osborn Collection
Catalog Record:
A record for this resource appears in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Extent of Digitization:
Complete work digitized.
Source Digital Format:
High Resolution (image/tiff)
Object ID: 2028961
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