| Name | "A Light to the Art of Gunnery" |
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| Catalog ID | HCM4711 | |
| Year | 1689 | |
| Description | "A LIGHT | to the | Art of Gunnery. | wherein | Is laid down the True Weight of Powder | both for Proof and Action, of all | sorts of Great Ordnance. | Also the true Ball, and allowance for Wind. | with | The most necessary Conclusions for the Practice of | Gunnery, either in Sea or Land-Service. | likewise | The Ingredients, and making of most necessary Fire- | Works: As also many Compositions for the | Gunnery's Practice, both at Sea and Land. | By Capt. THOMAS BINNING. | LONDON; | Printed by J. D. for W. Fisher and R. Mount, | at the Postern on Tower-Hill, 1689." Rebound in later (19th C) green half-morocco, with beautiful marbled boards. Later end-papers. Two book plates to front, one has been obscured by scratching. The other is of Thomas Francis Fremantle. Folded woodcut of parts of a cannon from John Roberts' 'Compleat Cannoniere' inserted at A3, laid down on thick old laid paper. See "Early Military Books in the University of Michigan Libraries" #179. |
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