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Military fireworks, Early works to 1800, Artillery, Siege warfareShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Engraved t.p. with architectural border. The etched ill. are mostly signed: J. Boillot.
Nine pages are blank except for head- and footlines. They were perhaps intended for additional illustrations, and indeed several have platemarks (without images).
In Library's copy the blank pages 154, 174, 194 have pencil sketches derived from ill. on the leaf immediately following.
Binding: marbled sheepskin. Backstrip (repaired) is gold tooled, with title on label: INVENT- / IONS / SERVANS / POUR / LA GUER. The edges red.
At upper left corner of front pastedown is calligraphic label of Theodore Besterman, signed in the plate P.S. At lower left corner of front free endpaper verso is label: Kenney Collection.
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