Le bombardier François. Ou nouvelle methode de jetter les bombes avec precision.
Paris: de l’Imprimerie Royale, 1731. . 4to. [vi], xli, [3], 366 pp. FIRST EDITION. Engraved frontispiece plus 8 folding engraved plates showing mortars, rockets, explosive charges, fireworks, etc., text tables. Contemporary calf, gilt paneled spine, rebacked, spine label; a wonderful copy with a “presented by” signature of Lt. Col. T. Sutton..... More