Ein wahres Probiertes und Pracktisches geschriebenes Feuerbuch [manuscript], 1607.

1 v. : col. ill.

This work was intended to be a practical manual on the uses of explosives for defense purposes. Includes 31 colored illustrations. Followed by a treatise for master gunners, Vohgt von Unndterweisüng des grobenn Geschütz allen Büchsenmaisternn Züstenndig.

In German.

For a discussion of similarly illustrated manuscripts, see Fraas, Mitch. "A rocket cat? early modern explosives treatises at Penn" Unique at Penn (5 February 2013). http://uniqueatpenn.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/a-rocket-cat-early-modern-explosives-treatises-at-penn/
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"The pen's excellencie" : treasures from the manuscript collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library / compiled and edited by Heather Wolfe. Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2002, p. 116.

Exhibited: "The Pen's Excellencie" : Treasures from the Manuscript Collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library, curated by Heather Wolfe, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., February 6- June 8, 2002.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1987. Folger's Choice (catalog entry 38)

Vohgt von Unndterweisüng des grobenn Geschütz allen Büchsenmaisternn Züstenndig.

V.b.311

MS ADD 566