Trattato delle virtù et proprietà delléacque, del trouvarle, eleggerle, livellerale, et condurle, et di alcunéaltre sue circonstanze: manuscript, 1599.

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Trattato delle virtù et proprietà delléacque, del trouvarle, eleggerle, livellerale, et condurle, et di alcunéaltre sue circonstanze: manuscript, 1599.

This manuscript is the earliest known manual on irrigation projects in Italy. HM 71895. The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.

1 volume, 22 cm., 233 pages.

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Sitoni, Giovanni Francesco, 1532-1608

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Giovanni Francesco Sitoni, native of Milan, was an engineer and mechanical theorist who worked on the Milan cathedral, the fort of Fuentes, the abbey of St. Victor and numberous other Italian and Spanish projects. He also worked with King Philip II of Spain. From the description of Trattato delle virtù et proprietà delléacque, del trouvarle, eleggerle, livellerale, et condurle, et di alcunéaltre sue circonstanze: manuscript, 1599. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botani...