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NYE, Nathaniel. The Art of Gunnery. Wherein is described the true way to make all sorts of Gunpowder... to draw the Map or Plot of any City... To make divers sorts of Artificiall Fire-works... also to cure all such Wounds that are curable, which may happen by Gunpowder or Fire-works. London: for William Leak, 1648.
2 parts in 1 volume, small 8° (163 x 102mm). Etched portrait frontispiece of the author by W.Hollar, 3 folding plates, one folding letterpress table, 14 illustrations (7 woodcut, 7 engraved). (Without A1 and f6, the first and last ?blanks; small neat repair to blank margin of f6.) Modern red half morocco. Provenance: William Salesbury (inscription dated 1663).
The first edition was published in 1647. Wing N-1482.
2 parts in 1 volume, small 8° (163 x 102mm). Etched portrait frontispiece of the author by W.Hollar, 3 folding plates, one folding letterpress table, 14 illustrations (7 woodcut, 7 engraved). (Without A1 and f6, the first and last ?blanks; small neat repair to blank margin of f6.) Modern red half morocco. Provenance: William Salesbury (inscription dated 1663).
The first edition was published in 1647. Wing N-1482.