AN INTERESTING SET OF VERY DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS, THE FIRST PART DEALING WITH ALL KINDS OF GUNS, CANON, GRENADES AND AMMUNITION, THE SECOND, WITH A SEPARATE TITLE (BEGINNING F.87) DESCRIBIBG THE MAKING OF ALL KINDS OF FIREWORKS.
THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A MASTER GUNMAKER AND FIREWORKSMAKER OF THE CITY OF AUGSBURG. HE WAS CERTAINLY A MEMBER OF THE KRAMMER FAMILY, KNOWN TO BE ACTIVE AS GOLDSMITHS,A RELATED ACTIVITY, UNTIL 1603. THE DRAWINGS ARE BOTH DECORATIVE AND INSTRUCTIVE, EVEN IF SOMEWHAT PRIMITIVE