MIETH, MICHAEL.

(Neue Curiöse Geschütz-Beschreibung : Worinnen nicht allein ausführlich gehandelt wird von unterschiedlichen Manieren und Gestallten derer Giess-Oefen, darinnen allerhand Arten Stücke, Haupitzen und Mörser etc. zu giessen... )

(Dresden; Leipzig, Mieth, 1705).

Small folio. Later modest hcloth (ca. 1880). Title-page lacks. 192 pp., 29 (of 32) double-page engraved plates. The first few leaves with light browning. A few scattered brownspots.

Scarce second edition - lacking title-page and 3 plate - of this major German baroque work on artillery. It deals with all aspects of the construction of cannons, all kinds of explosives and how to use them. The first part deals with the construction of large cannons, part two with smaller cannons, three deals with shells, mortars and similar explosives, four explains how to use cannons in the most effective way. The detailled and informative plates are engraved by Gerard de Groos after designs by the author.

Rumpf: 1300.

Order-nr.: 57661