4565 GAUGLER DE GEMPEN, Essai d'une description de l'armement rayé de l'Infanterie Européene en 1858, 2 vols. 8vo. 30 folding plates with drawings of the mechanism of all the rifled fire-arms of the European Armies, green morocco extra, gilt top, gilt arms on the sides, uncut, 20s Paris, 1858 "This book gives the most minute details on | purposes of the different rifled Infantry-Firethe Manufacture, and the value for Military Arms of all the European powers." 4566 GHEYN (Jacob de) Wapenhandelinge van Roers, Musquetten ende Spiessen, achtervolgende de ordre van Maurits Prince van Orangie, 3 parts in 1 vol. folio, 117 plates, each representing a Soldier in rich Uniform, with his Musket or Lance, an original copy with very fine impressions, vellum, £4. Gravenhage, 1608 4567 GRAHAM (Col. James) Memoir of General Graham, with notices of the campaigns in which he was engaged from 1779 to 1801, 8vo. portrait and lithographic plates, cloth, privately printed, 58 Of the 120 copies printed, very few remain. 1862 4568 GREENER (W.) The Gun, a treatise on the various descriptions of Small Fire-arms, Svo. plates, cloth, 38 6d 4569 4570 1835 Science of Gunnery as applied to the use and construction of FireArms, 8vo. plates and cuts, cloth, 48 1841 1846 the same, second edition, 8vo. plates and cuts, cloth, 78 4571 GROSE'S MILITARY ANTIQUITIES respecting a History of the English Army, from the Conquest to the present time, including his TREATISE on ANCIENT ARMOUR and WEAPONS, with the Supplement, 2 vols. 4to. with 139 fine plates, russia gilt, 368 1801 4572 GUIBERT, Oeuvres Militaires, 5 vols. 8vo. portrait and numerous plans, calf, 98 4573 Paris, 1803 Essai général de Tactique, 4to. large plates, hf. bd. uncut, 48 1773 4574 GUNPOWDER. Various tracts and pieces relating to Gunpowder by Thompson, Rumford, etc. in 1 vol. 4to. plates, cloth, 6s 1778-1826 1776-86 4575 HUTTON'S Tracts, Mathematical and Philosophical, Vol. 1, all published, 1786—with other pieces, all in 1 vol. sm. 4to. plates, calf, 98 Force of fired Gunpowder, 4to. plate, hf. russia, 58 4576 1778 4577 HYTHE RIFLE PHOTOGRAPHS: 18 large Photographs representing the Volunteer Exercises and Rifle Practice at Hythe, with the expla nations written in pencil at the foot by Mr. Pritchett, bound in a volume, oblong roy. folio, hf. morocco, 36s (ca. 1860) 1864 4578 JONES (Gen. Sir H. D.) Reports relating to the Re-Establishment of the Fortresses in the Netherlands, 1814-30, 8vo. map, cloth, printed for private circulation, £2. 1861 4579 MACDOUGALL, Modern Warfare, as influenced by Modern Artillery, sm. 8vo. (pub. at 12s) plans, cloth, 98 4580 MADRAS ARTILLERY. Repository Exercise, compiled by Colonel Frith-Proceedings of the Artillery Select Committee, 1824-32-2 vols. fol. lithographed, with 125 plates, containing an infinite number of fine sketches to illustrate valuable experiments and improvements in Artillery, hf. bd. not uniform, 15s Fort St. George, 1830-32 4581 REGONÒ, Istruzioni militari per gli Ufficiali che aspirano al grado di Capitano, etc. sm. 4to. neat MS. with tasteful title and frontispiece, page, and 2 folding drawings of plans of a Regiment in line of Battle, etc. vellum, 98 4582 MACHIAVEL (Nich.) The Arte of Warre; set forth in English by Peter Corfu, 1758 Withorne, sq. 12mo. elaborate woodcut title, and two woodcuts, black letter, with MS. notes, neatly written in the Autograph of G. Harvey, a very fine large copy in calf extra, by Bedford, £2. 10s MAUVILLON sur l'influence de la Poudre à Canon, 8vo. hf. bd. 38 6d 1573 Dessau, 1782 58 4584 MALLET, on the physical conditions involved in the Construction of Artillery, and causes of the destruction of Cannon in service, 4to. plates, cloth, London, 1856 4585 MEMORIAL de L'ARTILLERIE, où Recueil de Mémoires relatifs au service de l'Artillerie, rédigé par le Comité, 5 vols. of text, with numerous plates and tables, and 1 vol. of Atlas, 6 vols.-MEMORIAL de l'Officier du GÉNIE, Experiences et Procédés à perfectioner la fortification et les constructions militaires, redigé par le Comité, 1 vol. text and plates-together 7 vols. 8vo. hf. bd. uncut, 30s Paris, 1823-27 4586 MILITAIR-ENCYCLOPADIE (Allgemeine) herausg. und bearbeitet von einem Verein deutscher Offiziere, etc. 3 vols. large 8vo. bds. 12s Leipzig, 1861 4587 MITCHELL (Sir T. L.) Atlas of plans of the principal battles, sieges, and affairs in which the British Troops were engaged during the war in the PENINSULA and the SOUTH OF FRANCE, 1808-14, with impl. 4to. text, elephant folio, containing 37 magnificent coloured maps on a large scale, strongly hf. bd. morocco, £10. 4587*. another set, the maps, in all carefully mounted on canvass, in neat frames, well adapted for a Military School, £9. Priced, 1842, Longmans, £18. 1841 was spared by the publisher to make it a fitting record of British valour. It forms an indispensable adjunct to the valuable history of Sir W. Napier. This important work is taken from the original and authentic plans, and the text from the papers of Sir George Murray, and no expense 4588 MULLER'S Elements of Mathematics: Attack and Defence of Fortifyed places, Practical Fortification; Treatise of Artillery-6 vols. 8vo. plans and plates, calf, 68 1747-65 4588*NAPIER'S History of the War in the PENINSULA and in the South of France, 1807-17, 6 vols. 8vo. original and BEST EDITION, numerous plates, bds. £4. 188; or, hf. cf. neat, £5. 10s 4589 1828-40 the same, a few maps wanting, newly hf. bd. in calf, £2. 16s 1828-40 "A History of which the style is univer- and correctness."-Saturday Review, Ap. 16, sally admitted to be a model of force, eloquence, 1864. 4590 NETHERLANDS HISTORIAN (the), an exact relation of the late Warrs between Great Britain and the French King against the States' Generall, 1671-74, stout 16mo. 60 portraits and plans, old calf, rare, 6s Amst. 1675 4591 NORTON (Robt.) the Gunner, shewing the whole practice of Artillery, with the making of fireworks, sm. folio, very numerous plates, Duke of Sussex's copy, old calf, good copy 128 6d 1628 4592 NOTICE historique des Descentes dans les isles Britanniques, depuis Guillaume le Conquérant, 4to. hf. bd. 4s 4593 Paris, 1798 la même avec la réponse des éditeurs de Londres, 8vo. in double columns, map, hf. bd. 48 Pas de Calais, 1798 4594 NYE (Nathaniel) the Art of Gunnery, sm. 8vo. with the rare portrait by Hollar, and woodcuts, old calf, 278 1648 Nye was Chief Engineer and Master Gun- |cester; he was considered one of the best Maner of Lord Fairfax's Army, and showed great thematicians of his time. skill in both capacities during the siege of Wor 4595 PARROCEL, Peintre du Roy, Differentes Attitudes de la Cavalerie et de l'Infanterie, folio, 147 fine large Etchings and Engravings of Soldiers on horseback and on foot in their various positions, vellum, 328 ca. 1730 4595*POLYBE, Histoire de, nouvellement traduite par Thuillier, avec un Commentaire, etc. 6 vols. 4to. numerous plans and plates, calf, 98 Paris, 1727-30 4596 REMARKS on Military Literature and History, part 1, 8vo. bds. 68 Calc. 1846 4597 SAINT REMY (Surirey de) Mémoires d'Artillerie, 2 vols. sm. 4to. frontispiece and about 170 plates, old calf, gilt back, 32s 4598 the same, 2 vols. sm. 4to. nice copy in calf gilt, 25s Paris, 1697 4599 SAXE (Maurice, Comte de) Esprit des Loix de la Tactique et de différentes Institutions Militaires, 2 vols. in 1, 4to. containing 56 folding plates, calf, 68 Franckfort, 1762 4600 SCLOPPETARIA, or Considerations on the nature and use of RIFLED BARREL GUNS, by a Corporal of Riflemen, 8vo. without the plates, vel. very rare, 30s 1808 the same, with a new title, second edition, 8vo. frontispiece and 12 plates of experimental improvements, etc. russia, £4 1812 4601 This work, which is of very great scarcity, | no copy can be traced in booksellers' or sale embodies ideas and opinions which were half a catalogues, which proves that only a very limited century in advance of their time. It was pub-❘ number can have been printed. lished at £3. 38, as mentioned in Lowndes; and 1729 Calcutta, 1858 4602 SIMIENOWICZ (Casimir) Feuerwerks- oder Artillerie-Kunst, folio, title in German but the text entirely in French, very numerous plates, old calf gilt, 228 Franckfurt, 1676 4603 Great Art of Artillery, translated by Shelvocke, folio, 23 copper plates of Fireworks and Fire-Arms, hf. bd. 10s; or, calf, 14s 4604 SIMONS' Leading Principles of Gunnery, 8vo. cloth, 68 4605 SMITH (Thos.) the Art of GUNNERY, with serviceable and practical conclusions belonging to that Art, smallest 4to. woodcuts, bds. 6s 4606 SMYTHE'S (Sir John) Discourses concerning the formes and effects of diuers sorts of weapons, and other verie important matters militarie, smallest 4to. very fine copy, gilt vellum, 188 Priced, 1824, Rivington, £2. 28. work was "forbidden to be sold." An Answer Strype informs us (Annals, iv. 46) that this to it was published by H. Barwick. 4607 STARRATT's Doctrine of Projectiles applied to Gunnery, Svo. diagrams, calf, 48 1643 1590 Dublin, 1733 1746 4609 SUTCLIFFE's Practice, proceedings, and Lawes of Arms, out of the doings of most valiant Captaines, sq. Svo. closely cut, calf, 14s 1593 4610 TURPIN DE CRISSE, Essai sur l'Art de la Guerre, 2 vols. 4to. plans of military operations, A SUPERB COPY in pale olive MOROCCO extra, gilt edges, Arms on sides, 188 Paris, 1754 4611 VALTURIUS de Re Militari, small folio, numerous plates of primitive machines of war, and Cannon, old calf, scarce, 10s Parisiis, 1534 4612 VAUBAN (M. le Maréchal) Memoire pour servir d'Instruction dans la conduite des siéges, et dans la défense des places, 4to. with 26 plates of fortification, old calf, 68 Leide, 1740 4613 de l'Attaque et de la défense des places, 2 vols. 4to. 40 plates, calf gilt, 128 La Haye, 1737-42 4614 VAUCHELLE (M.) Cours d'Administration Militaire, 3 vols. stout 8vo. sd. 98 Paris, 1854 4615 VEGETIUS de Re Militari, acc. Frontinus, Elianus, Modestus, etc. sm. folio, with many very large fine woodcuts of curious military contrivances and Instruments, some of the plates give an idea of the first working of Artillery, fine copy in vellum, 358 Lutetiæ, 1532 Vesaliæ, 1670 4616 the same, 8vo. plates, russia or vellum, 58 4617 VENN (Capt. Thos.) Military and Maritime Discipline, in 3 books: Book 1. Tacktics-Book 2. Fortification--Book 3. The Compleat Gunner, sm. folio, plates, old calf, 10s 1672 4618 VICTORA CROSS (The), An Official Chronicle of the Deeds of Valour achieved in the Crimean and Baltic Campaigns, the Indian Mutiny and the Persian, China, and New Zealand Wars, sm. 8vo. red morocco gilt, 68 1865 4619 WARD (R.) Animadversions of Warre; or a Military Magazine of the truest rules, and ablest instructions, with divers new Inventions, sm. folio, woodcut capitals and plates, old calf, 6s London, 1639 4621 4620 WELLINGTON'S DESPATCHES during his campaigns in India, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, the Low Countries, and France, 1799-1818, by Gurwood, complete with the General INDEX, 1809-18,13 vols. 8vo. (pub. at £13. 10s) bds. £4. 10s 1834-39 Despatches during his various campaigns in India, Denmark, Portugal, the Low Countries, and France, by Colonel GURWOOD, 8 vols. royal 8vo. BEST EDITION, portrait (pub. at £8. 10s), cloth, £5. 5s 1844-47 Supplementary Despatches and Memoranda, edited by his son the Duke of Wellington, vols. 1-4-Civil Correspondence and Memoranda— Ireland, 1 vol.; together 5 vols. royal 8vo. (pub. at £5.), cloth, £2. 10s 4622 1858-60 4623 WILKINSON (General James, U. S. Army) Memoirs of my own Times, 3 vols. stout large Svo. facsimiles, hf. bd. uncut, rare, 32s Philadelphia, 1816 An interesting history of American affairs from 1770 to 1815. NAVAL HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, TACTICS, SHIPBUILDING, &c. 228 1804 4624 AMERICAN WAR. War in Disguise, New York, 1806-Argument against War with Gt. Britain, 1807; 2 tracts in 1 vol. 8vo. hf. bd. 3s 6d 1806-7 4625 BEATSON (R.) Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain from 1727 to 1783, comprising the period of the American War, 6 vols. 8vo. half calf, 4626 BRENTON (E. P.) Naval History of Great Britain from 1783 to 1822, 5 vols. 8vo. portraits and plates, with plans of celebrated actions, half calf, £2. 28 1823-25 4627 CAMPBELL'S Naval History of Great Britain, commencing with the" Earliest Period of History, and continued to the expedition against Algiers, under the command of Lord Exmouth, in 1816, including the History and LIVES OF THE BRITISH ADMIRALS, 8 vols. large 8vo. illustrated with portraits, maps, and plans of important actions, &c. half calf, £2.58 4628 CHARNOCK (J.) Biographia Navalis; or Memoirs of the Lives of celebrated Officers of the British Navy, from 1660 to 1794, 6 vols. 8vo. portraits and plates, hf. calf, 228 1794-8 4629 1817 1800-2 History of MARINE ARCHITECTURE, including an enlarged and progressive View of the Nautical Regulations and Naval History, both Civil and Military, of all Nations, especially of Britain, 3 vols. 4to. plates of ancient and modern vessels, some after Vandevelde, very fine copy in russia, 258 Priced, 1843, Rodd, £4. 14s 6d; 1843, Jas. | study the construction of ships, large and small Bohn, £3.; Longman, 1848, £2. 148. craft, whether for war, packet, or mercantile Charnock's work is essential to all who purposes. 4630 COLLIBER (S.) Columna Rostrata, or a critical History of English Sea Affairs, principally relating to the wars with the DUTCH, 8vo. calf, 3s 1727 4631 CRESCENTIÓ (Bartolomeo) Nautica Mediterranea, della fabrica et armamenti delle Galee, Galeazze, e Galeoni, errori delle Charte, Calendario Nautico et un Portolano, etc. 2 vols. in 1, sm. 4to. large folding Chart, plans, cuts and tables, limp vellum, rare, 36s Roma, 1602-7 A copy fetched at the Libri sale, 1859, including a curious Air-gun, “Archibugio che £2. 128. This work describes all the Nautical tira senza fuoco." Instruments then in use, the ordnance, etc. 4632 DAHLGREN'S (the Admiral) Boat-Armament of the U.S. Navy, 8vo. coloured frontispiece and 12 plates, hf. bd. 10s Philadelphia, 1856 4633 DERRICK (C.) Memoirs of the rise and progress of the Royal Navy, 4to. frontispiece, bds. 48; or fine copy in russia, 7s 6d 1806 4634 ENCYCLOPEDIE METHODIQUE: ART NAVALE ET ARCHITECTURE MARINE, 3 vols. in 6, with 4to. atlas, containing 172 plates, mostly folding, of Shipbuilding, armament, etc. hf. bd. £1. 58 Padoue, 1784-91 4635 ENTICK (J.) New Naval History, with lives of the most celebrated Admirals and Navigators, and abstract of Laws relating to Commerce, folio, map and several fine plates, half calf, 68 1757 1844 4636 HUNT (R. M.) Life of Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser, 1744-96, 8vo. portrait, cloth, 58 4637 NAVAL CHRONICLE, containing a General Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, from 1799 to 1818, 40 vols. royal 8vo. numerous portraits of the Commanders, plates of Engagements, &c. a fine and perfect set, half russia, £5. 58 1799-1818 Priced, 1845, Thorpe, £10. 108; 1843, comprising elaborate details of all the engageHearne, £10.; Longmans, £7. 78; 1844, Willis, ments, copies of the dispatches, memoirs of Admirals, anecdotes, sketches, &c. An admirable set for a naval or military library. £7. 108. 1849 This most interesting work contains the completest account of the great naval war, 4638 PETTIGREW (T. J.) Memoirs of the Life of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount NELSON, 2 vols. 8vo. portraits and facsimiles of autographs, cloth, 98 6d 4639 RALFE'S (J.) Naval Chronology of Great Britain, or, an Historical Account of Naval and Maritime Events from the commencement of the War in 1803 to the close of 1816, 3 vols. royal 8vo. numerous plates of Sea Engagements, half calf gilt, 328 1820 4640 SCOTT RUSSELL'S Modern System of NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, consisting of 167 Line Engravings and 724 Pages of Descriptive Text, folio double elephant, just published by Day & Sons at £42. enclosed in 3 portfolios, strongly hf. bd. morocco, £12. 108 1865 4641 SMITH (C. Piazzi), Two Lectures delivered before the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce; Present state of the longitude question in Navigation, 2 parts in 1 vol. sm. 8vo. presentation copy to Admiral Smyth, cloth, BARE, Edin. privately printed for the use of members, n. d. 4642 TUPINIER, Rapport sur le matériel de la Marine, stout 8vo. hf. bd. 5s 58 Paris, 1838 GAMES, SPORTS, AND EXERCISES. 4643 DIALOGO de' Giuochi che nelle Vegghie Sanesi si usano di fare del Materiale intronato, sm. 4to. russia extra, gilt edges, 32s Siena, Bonetti, 1572 66 Ouvrage singulier."-Brunet. 4644 SPORTING MAGAZINE or Monthly Calendar of the Turf, the Chase, and other diversions, second series, Vol. VIII-XXV. (without XX.) being from November 1833, to December 1842 (with the Racing Calendar of each year), 17 vols. 8vo. numerous fine engravings (pub. £12.) bds. £4. 1833-42 4615 NEW SPORTING MAGAZINE, Vols. VII.-XIX. (end of First Series); New Series, Vols. I-IV, being from May 1834, to December 1842, with the Racing Calendar for each year, 17 vols. 8vo. many fine plates, (pub. at £12.) bds. £4. 1834-42 ANGLING. 4646 HERBERT, Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British North America, 8vo. woodcuts of fishes, (pub. at 168) cloth, 58 1849 4647 RONALDS, Fly-fisher's Entomology, 8vo. 20 coloured plates of natural and artificial Insects, &c. cloth, rare, 98 1839 4648 WALTON AND COTTON'S COMPLETE ANGLER, with original Memoirs and Notes by Sir HARRIS NICOLAS, 2 vols. impl. 8vo. PICKERING'S SPLENDID EDITION, with 61 plates, portraits and vignettes, by Stothard, Inskipp, etc. (pub. at £10. 10s) very fine copy, £5. 15s 1830 |