Weimar, B.F. Voigt, 1855. Small 8vo. Contemp. hcalf, gilt. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Stamp on titlapage and verso. XV,194 pp. and 1 folded engraved plate with 12 figs. of guns. First and last leaves with a few brownspots, otherwise ine and clean.
Very scarce first German edition of ""Notice sur les Pistolets Tournants et Roulants...Paris 1854"", which is one of the earliest treatises on the revolver, published only four years after Col. Colt's invention, and discussing the comparative merits of his, the Adams-Deane, Comblain, Mangeot-Comblain, Haaken-Plondeur, and a few other types, then in vogue. - Sotheran Bibliotheca Chemico.Mathematica No 21437.