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€ 1.500 - 2.000
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€ 1.500
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At auction on Thursday 25 June 2026 at 15:00
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Paper manuscript of 22 leaves, 287 x 217 mm, dating to the first half of the 18th century, depicting pyrotechnic structures and machines. The frontispiece is decorated with a capital-lettered title and a fountain of fireworks. Forty-two figures in the text are drawn and colored in blue, red, ochre, and yellow . These depict pinwheels, fountains, wheels, and similar structures, a rare example of pyrotechnic art. Contemporary cardboard binding covered with floral paper; spine missing. Bookplate on the inside cover and frontispiece of the "Biblioteca Malvezzi-Medici."
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