Author: Guttmann, Oscar.
Title: Monumenta Pulveris Pyrii. Reproductions of ancient pictures concerning the history of gunpowder, with explanatory notes.
Description: London, Balham S.W., Printed for the Author at the Artists' Press, 1906. [VI],34 pp 102 b./w ills on [94] unnumbered leaves of plts. Elaborately tooled & raised burgundy red moroccan over wooden boards and with decorated brass clasps, spine gilt lettered & raised in compartments. Sm. folio. - Binding sl. worn . sl. dam. along the extrimities. - Text and plates in good condition.Published in a limited edition of 270 numbered copies on laid paper (nr. 184). Very luxurious edition. Each page features the author's watermark. - - Text set in three columns, English, German, and French.

Keywords: Military Cannon Militaria Kanonnen