ARTILLERY. Winding wood. Volume II. S.l., s.d.,... Lot 1

ARTILLERY. Winding wood. Volume II. S.l., s.d., in-12, fawn calf, back with nerves, decorated (plate mod. imitating the old one). Manuscript of about 190 leaves, with numerous watercoloured plates, some folded. Powder. - Purification of saltpetre. - Harnois. - Coal. - Fulminating powder. One of the first notions of Fulminate which will be taken up by Lepage in the following century. - Tools for miners, rifle, rifled rifle, carpenter's tools, drill bits, powder magazines, etc. Heavy mould and wetness on margins and edges, qq. ff. restored. - COTTY (General). Supplement to the Dictionary of Artillery. Paris, Anselin, 1832, in-4, demi-rel. glazed blue calf, back with nerves, decorated.