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Neue curieuse Beschreibung Der gantzen Artillerie Worinnen nicht allein ausführlich gehandelt wird von unterschiedlichen Manieren und Gestalten derer Giss-Oefen, darinnen allerhand Arten Stücken, Haupitzen und Mörser, ec. zu giessen, Ingleichen, wie u...
Dresden und Leipzig, Hilschern, 1736. + Dresden, Zimmermann, 1718. Folio. Bound in one contemp. full calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt compartments. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Light wear to top of spine. A paperlabel pasted on lower compartment. Stamp on title-page. MIETH: Engraved, double-page frontispiece. (2),192,(2) pp., 32 double-page (or triple) folded engraved plates. Clean and fine. + GEISSLER: Engraved frontispiece. Title-page in red/black. (16),177,(4) pp. (pp. 5-13 a. 119 engraved), 3 engraved plates, 175 larger and smaller engravings in the text. The portrait of Geissler missing (supplied in xerox-copi). A few leaves with light browning.
Mieth is third edition of his ""Artilleriae Recentior Praxis"", 1684. - Sloos. Warfare and the Age of Printing, 7048. - Rumpf, 1300.Geissler is first edition. - Sloos. Warfare and the Age of Printing, 7041. - Rumpf, 1120.
(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.
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, 1219Rumpf, 1300.
