SIEMIENOWICZ, Casimir. The Great Art of Artillery, translated by George Shelvocke, London: for J. Tonson, 1729, 2°, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, title printed in red and black, 22 folding engraved plates (lacks frontispiece and some other leaves, occasional light spotting), 19th-century half calf (rather worn). With 7 other modern books on artillery, fireworks and explosives including Alan St. H. Brock's A History of Fireworks (London, 1949) signed by the author. The lot sold not subject to return. (8)