Recherches sur l'artillerie en général et particulièrement sur celle de la marine.

Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1792

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1 (of 2) vol., 8vo; front. and 15 pl. (text n.c., some spotting or soiling, mostly marg., throughout).

Contemp. green sheep, gilt-orn. flat spine (joints and boards rubbed, corners bumped).

1st part only of this research on (marine) artillery by a knight of the Military Order of Saint Louis, Texier de Norbec. Ill. with 15 fold. engr. (of which 2 hand-coloured) and 7 fold. tables.
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Joined, same place and ed.: Belidor, B. F. de - Tables pour jetter les bombes avec precision, extraites du bombardier françois. 1731. 12mo (occ. spotting). Contemp. sheep (joints sl. rubbed, corners sl. bumped). Prov. Chev. Robilant (ms. entry on title). (2 vol.)