Sold for:
$950
$950
Appier, Jean and Francois Thybourel. Recueil de Plusiers Machines Militaires et Feux Artificiels pour la Guerre et Recreation. Pont-a-Mousson: Charles Marchant, 1620. First Edition, First Issue. Seven parts in one volume. Eighteenth century sheep-backed boards, edges sprinkled in red. Elaborate engraved title (corner torn and remargined). Profusion of engravings, including mechanical military apparatus and fireworks. 4to. Ownership signature of French artillery captain C.F. Pourielot, with some outer margins strengthened, four titles backed, with occasional loss of an engraved surface; lightly browned. Hall, Old Conjuring Books, p. 90.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-12-03
