Publisher:
London, E. Baker: 1823
Rather worn and rubbed marbled boards; worn and rubbed red leatherette half binding; hinges of spine slightly cracked. Front and rear joints partially exposed, and rear endpapers loose - however, binding intact, if a rather frail. Previous owners' names (dd 1841 + 1898) on half-title page. Repairs to some pp. Hand-tinted colour frontispiece; four hand tinted plates of a rifleman in various poses (it's possible that there's a plate missing from this section); a plate demonstrating the accuracy of various gun barrels by order of the Honorable Board of Ordnance; 6 pp of tables on The Weight and D...
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