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One of earliest books on pyrotechnics, Boillot

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One of earliest books on pyrotechnics, Boillot

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Author: Boillot, Joseph
Title: Modelles Artifices de Feu et Divers Instrumes de Guerre avec les Moyes de s'en Prevaloir: Pour Affieger, Battre, Surprendre, et Dessendre toutes Places
Place Published: Chaum?¾Ì„t en Bassig [i.e. Chaumont-en-Bassigny, France]
Publisher:Quentin Mareschal
Date Published: 1598
Description: [6, of 8], 199 (of 203) pp. Lacks title page and several leaves at end. Profusely illustrated with engravings of machinery and weapons. (8vo) 23x14.5 cm (9¼x5¾"), later boards. First Edition.One of the earliest books on pyrotechnics, produced by a soldier in the army of King Henry IV who was in charge of the supply of saltpeter. Also notable as the first book published in Chaumont-en-Bassigny.

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One of earliest books on pyrotechnics, Boillot

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