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BABINGTON, John. Pyrotechnia or, a discourse of artificiall fire-works... Whereunto is annexed a short treatise of geometrie. London: Thomas Harper for Ralph Mab, 1635.
2 parts in 1 volume, 2° (283 x 186mm.). Engraved frontispiece (remargined), 18 full-page illustrations (one pasted on, as called for), 2 folding plates (both close-shaved, cleaned and remargined), woodcut illustrations in the second part. (Some browning.) Old calf (rebacked). Provenance: Victor de Pontigny (armorial bookplate); Mark Dineley (armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION OF THE EARLIEST ENGLISH BOOK DEVOTED TO FIREWORKS. While some of the information is clearly derived from other sources (e.g. figure 10 from Furttenbach's Pyrobilia of 1627), the work does include much original material, including the first recognisable description of the 'Roman Candle'. Cockle 131; STC 1100.
2 parts in 1 volume, 2° (283 x 186mm.). Engraved frontispiece (remargined), 18 full-page illustrations (one pasted on, as called for), 2 folding plates (both close-shaved, cleaned and remargined), woodcut illustrations in the second part. (Some browning.) Old calf (rebacked). Provenance: Victor de Pontigny (armorial bookplate); Mark Dineley (armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION OF THE EARLIEST ENGLISH BOOK DEVOTED TO FIREWORKS. While some of the information is clearly derived from other sources (e.g. figure 10 from Furttenbach's Pyrobilia of 1627), the work does include much original material, including the first recognisable description of the 'Roman Candle'. Cockle 131; STC 1100.