MIETH, MICHAEL.

Neuere curiöse Geschutz Beschreibung worinnen nicht allein ausfuhrlich gehandelt wird von unterschiedlichen Manieren und Gestallten derer Giess-Oefen. 4 parts (all).

Dresden und Leipzig, Johann Christoph Miethen, 1705.

Folio (215 x 340 mm). In recent half calf with gilt lettering to spine. Stamp to pasted down front end-paper, verso of frontiespiece and to lower part of title-page. Two first leaves missing small part of part in outer margin, far from affecting text. Light browning throughout, otherwise a good copy. 192 pp. +32 folded plates and 1 folded frontiespiece.

Second edition 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.

Jähns II, 1219
Rumpf, 1300.

Order-nr.: 60310