[PERRINET D'ORVAL, Jean Charles].
Manuel de l'artificier.
Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1757. 8vo. With 5 folding tables and 12 folding engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf, richly gold-tooled spine. [8], 142, [3] pp.
€ 1,500
Second, revised and corrected edition of a popular pyrotechnic manual by Jean Charles Perrinet d'Orval (1707-1780), who was an officer in the French army Corps of Engineers. It was first published in 1755 and includes a large section on Chinese fireworks.
With some browning and a tear in the folding table. Corners of binding somewhat bumped. Good copy. Philip P060.4.
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