MALTHUS, Francis. Traité des feux artificiels. Paris: Pierre Guillemot, 1629. 4° (176 x 110mm.) Engraved title, 26 engraved illustrations. (K2 torn and repaired without loss of characters, some light dampstaining and soiling.) Later vellum. An early edition of one of the most popular fireworks treatises of the 17th century. -- Gaspar SCHOTT (1608-1666). Magia Pyrotechnica. Edited by Anton Weilhamer. Vienna: Maria Theresa Voigt, 1739. 8° (160 x 98mm.). (Some browning or spotting.) Contemporary gilt and green paper boards (backstrip split and slightly chipped). Provenance: P.I.V. (stamped on verso of front free-end paper). (2)

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MALTHUS, Francis. Traité des feux artificiels. Paris: Pierre Guillemot, 1629. 4° (176 x 110mm.) Engraved title, 26 engraved illustrations. (K2 torn and repaired without loss of characters, some light dampstaining and soiling.) Later vellum. An early edition of one of the most popular fireworks treatises of the 17th century. -- Gaspar SCHOTT (1608-1666). Magia Pyrotechnica. Edited by Anton Weilhamer. Vienna: Maria Theresa Voigt, 1739. 8° (160 x 98mm.). (Some browning or spotting.) Contemporary gilt and green paper boards (backstrip split and slightly chipped). Provenance: P.I.V. (stamped on verso of front free-end paper). (2)