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ARTILLERY BOOK by Caspar Voigtmann. Beschreibung dieses neuen Artilleriebuchs, im ersten Theil befinden sich die Abriße der Stücken oder Canonen. Im andern Theil sind befindlich die Abriß der Haubizen und Bohler jeder Gattung dreyerley Arthen. Dedicated to Heinrich, Duke of Saxony, this is probably the dedication copy, with dedication inscription within cartouche on the first illuminated leaf. ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER, 1686.
322 x 192mm, 100 leaves, including text, dedication in water colour, 47 coloured plates of which 6 are large folding plates, 6 pen-and-wash plates with 4 folding plates, 9 diagrams and 2 pen-and-wash titles of flags and arms. Contemporary calf, gilt spine (upper joint split; binding generally rubbed). Bookplate with cypher and ducal coronet, probably of an 18th-century Duke of Saxony.
A remarkable, particularly detailed description of large arms, cannons. howitzers, mortars and grenades as used in the second half of the 17th century, including some 'newly invented artillery pieces'. The main illustrations of the first part show various kinds of cannons, three- four- six- and eight pound fieldpieces, cannon sponges, cannon balls, gun carriages, cannons decorated with Pallas, Neptune, Mars, Jupiter, Hercules, Vulcanus. The second part illustrates all kinds of howitzers and mortars and their carriages, also grenades and rockets. One unusual illustration shows a mortar buried in the ground ready to shoot stones from a barrel above (with overslip).
322 x 192mm, 100 leaves, including text, dedication in water colour, 47 coloured plates of which 6 are large folding plates, 6 pen-and-wash plates with 4 folding plates, 9 diagrams and 2 pen-and-wash titles of flags and arms. Contemporary calf, gilt spine (upper joint split; binding generally rubbed). Bookplate with cypher and ducal coronet, probably of an 18th-century Duke of Saxony.
A remarkable, particularly detailed description of large arms, cannons. howitzers, mortars and grenades as used in the second half of the 17th century, including some 'newly invented artillery pieces'. The main illustrations of the first part show various kinds of cannons, three- four- six- and eight pound fieldpieces, cannon sponges, cannon balls, gun carriages, cannons decorated with Pallas, Neptune, Mars, Jupiter, Hercules, Vulcanus. The second part illustrates all kinds of howitzers and mortars and their carriages, also grenades and rockets. One unusual illustration shows a mortar buried in the ground ready to shoot stones from a barrel above (with overslip).