L'art de jetter les bombes.

12mo: [8]-526-[18] pp. (some min. spotting and browning throughout, ownership entry cut out of *2).

Contemp. calf, gilt orn. spine with 4 raised bands, red sp. edges (somewhat rubbed).

Second edition (1st: Paris, 1683) of this important artillery manual by the military and civil engineer and architect Fr. Blondel (1618-1686). Engr. ill.: title by A. Schoonebeek, 6 full-page pl. and 6 fold. pl. Several woodcuts in-text. The work is divided into four parts: (1) summarising and refuting the ancient ballistic theories from a.o. Galilei and Tartaglia, (2) describing the various artillery and sinus calculations to determine the right trajectory, (3) Blondel's theory of bomb dropping and (4) problems and solutions.
Ref. STCN. - Cockle xxi. - Bardin VI:3818. - COPAC. - Cp. BnF.