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THBPAPACINO d'Antoni, Alessandro Vittorio, 1714-1786. A treatise on Gun-Powder.
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LiveNov 8, 2025
The Library of Curiosities - Part 2 auction features more selections from the collection of John A Davidson Jr., a life long collector of rare books. John was extraordinarily interested in a wide array of subjects including the natural sciences, travel, history, and magic. Gray's Auctioneers info@graysauctioneers.com
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PAPACINO d'Antoni, Alessandro Vittorio, 1714-1786. A Treatise on Gun-Powder : a treatise on fire-arms ; and a treatise on the service of artillery in time of war, translated from the Italian of Alessandro Vittorio Papacino D'Antoni, Major General in the Sardinian Army, and Chief Director of the Royal Military Academies of Artillery and Fortification at Turn, by Captain Thomson, of The Royal Regiment of Artillery.
London : Sold by T. and J. Egerton, at the Military Library, Whitehall, MDCCLXXXIX [1789].
xl, 374, [2] pages, With engraved plates [24] folded leaves of plates, [Nos. IX, VI, IX) and tables throughout. Signatures: a-b c A-Z 2A .
Errata on the final page.
Bound in modern, ¾ leather on marbled boards, raised bands, decorative gilt panels, red leather spine label, gilt spine title.
H: 8 1/2 W: 6 in.Dimension
Width: 6.00Condition
Good. With small worm holes and bottom of text, t.p. To p. Xxix; some slight foxing throughout.
With “October 1803 M. Fitzgerald,” in ink on t.p.
- Provenance
From the Estate of John A. Davidson, Jr. Proceeds to benefit the APL of Lorain County and the Dittrick Museum.
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