Gunnery, works in English, 6 vol.

GUNNERY, ENGLISH

A collection of six volumes, comprising:

i. Le Blond, G. A treatise of artillery... the first part. London: Cave for Cooper [&c.], 1746, 15 engraved folding plates, advert leaf at end, contemporary calf, [ESTC T133610; see lot 176 for the second part], rebacked

ii. Candid proposals to England; being a true and compendious description of the preferable advantages and most beneficial qualities of a new, easy, quick and efficacious method of charging and firing with a common musket. [London: printed by H. Miller, 1758], folio, 4pp., modern red half calf, [ESTC T218486 (2 copies)]

iii. Muller, J. A treatise of artillery... third edition. London: pr. for Millan, 1780, engraved frontispiece and 28 folding plates, advert leaf at end, contemporary calf, purchased from Pickering & Chatto, 25 August 1899, 15s, [ESTC T93746], binding slightly rubbed

iv. Papacino d’Antoni, A.V. A treatise on gun-powder; a treatise on fire-arms; and a treatise on the service of artillery in time of war... [trans.] Captain Thomson. London: Egerton, 1789, 24 engraved folding plates, errata leaf at end, Royal Military College bookplate, contemporary calf, [ESTC T117826], lacks half-title

v. Binning, T. A light to the art of gunnery. London: Mount, 1703, engraved portrait, additional title, and 4 plates (3 folding), contemporary calf, [ESTC T106457], a poor copy, sold w.a.f.

vi. Montagu, G. The sportsman’s directory: or, tractate on gunpowder. London: Faulder, 1792, engraved frontispiece, half-title, original wrappers, uncut, [ESTC T33010], rubbed, soiled and rebacked