December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
"Table raisonnee d’Artillerie, servant a indiquer aux nouveaux Officiers du Corps Royal les Objets qui ils ont a apprende et a approfondir, pour devenir Officiers d’Artillerie." Large folio, nd., but probably c. 1765. 127 pp. with tables, charts and table of contents; housed in a pressboard folio case with ties, which also contains 1 large folding sheet with two inked tables on artillery and carriage furniture dimensions by gun size, as well as eight large folding plates rendered in ink or watercolor showing scaled plans for cannon of the new Gribeauval System of Artillery: Numbered plates I-III in ink being full-size details of a 12-pounder cannon “of new invention, showing trunnions, breech with vent in cross-section, muzzle, and dolphins; inked plate of Gribeauval “light artillery, with overhead and cross-section plans for 12-, 8-, and 4-pounder cannon; inked plate with cross-section plans for 6-, 8- and 12-inch mortars; watercolor plate of a 6-inch howitzer and carriage, watercolor plate of a 6-inch howitzer and its limber; (and) watercolor plate of an 8 inch howitzer on carriage. PROVENANCE : Acquired from a German rare book dealer in 2020. CONDITION: Very good to excellent; internal contents bright, clean and highly legible, text in strong clerical hand and folding plates and diagrams well inked and color fresh; covers with some edge wear and very light soiling.