Author: FREZIER, (A.Fr.)
Title: Traité des feux d'artifice, Ou l'on voit I. La manière de préparer les Matières qui entrent dans la composition des Feux D'Artifice. II. La méthode de faire & de composer toutes fortes de Feux DÁrtifice. III. Où l'on donne une idée de la Conduite des Feux de Joye.
Description: A La Haye, Chez J. Neaulme Libraire, 1741. 12mo. W. engr. front. [date engraving 1707], small woodc. vignet on printed title, 3 engr. head-pieces [unisigned], a number of woodcut head- and tailpieces and 8 full page pls. [outside collation] in the text. Contemp. full marbl. clf., spine w. red title shield, giltlettered. Spine elaborate floral gilttooling. [n2, A-R12, S6]. (IV, XVIII, 394, VI (contents) pp.). (Inner hinges weakening.). (Engr. 18th c. bookplate on upper paste down 'Del Cav. di Salmor'.). (Original marbled endp.). (All edges red; w. green silken reading ribbon.). Pirated edition. (After the first ed. which appeared in 1706). Philip, p. 58 F 110.3, According to Philip this The Hague pirated edition was the the reason why Frezier decided to publish '...a 2nd edition which appeared in 1747 in 3 differing versions ...'; 'Frezier was probably one of the most influential writers on pyrotechnics in the mid 18th century... he was a military engineer by training ... encouraged by this pirated edition Frezier wrote a 2nd edition which appeared in 1747 ... 2 by Jombert and 1 by Nyon.': Berlin 3301: Partington, Greek fire, p. 177: 'He was an all-round military expert and fortified San Domingo and other places. His book describes coloured fires, Roman candles, set pieces, fireworks burning under water, etc. and is particularly detailed on rockets, incl. those of repeated flight ..., i.e. the prototype of the modern stratosphere rockets and also military rockets containing devices which caused them to rotate in flight.':

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