[Rarebooks] 2 Works on Firearms bound together
Kenneth Karmiole
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Sat Aug 13 14:34:55 EDT 2022
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Cotty, Gaspard-Hermann. MEMOIRE SUR LA FABRICATION DES ARMES PORTATIVES DE GUERRE. Paris: Magimel. 1806.8vo. viii,229,(1)pp. With 2 folding tables printed on 1 large sheet. BOUND WITH; France. Ministere de la Guerre.INSTRUCTION SUR LES ARMES A FEU ET ARMES BLANCHES PORTATIVES A L'USAGE DES TROUPES FRANCAISES.....Paris: Magimel. 1806. 45,(3)pp. With 2 folded tables. Both volumes bound together in cont. calf with ornately gilt spine, over marbled boards.
Red morocco spine label. Boards a bit rubbed, but a very good copy.
$350
Although both titles are published by Magimel in the same year, 1806, they are separately published. Both relate to Napoleonic era firearms.Both are scarce. There are 2 copies in the U.S. of the first title currently recorded by OCLC, and 4 copies of the second title currently recorded
in the U.S.
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