Author: Berkhout, J. J., F. Dell.
Title: [ARTILLERY:] Handleiding tot de kennis der Artillerie, voor de Cadetten der Infanterie, Cavalerie en Genie. Hoofdstuk VI. Inrichting en gebruik van het Ponton- en Torpedo-materieel [torpedomaterieel]. [AND:] Atlas van XVI Platen. [TWO VOLUMES].
Description: Breda, Koninklijke Militaire Academie, 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. I. Text: Royal octavo. Pp. viii, 215. Tables. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's cloth and printed boards, old small shelf tickets to spine, old institutional stamps to cover, prelims and title, some underlining, corrections and shoulder annotations. In good condition. II. Atlas: Quarto. Pp. Title-page, (i), and 16 double-page lithographic plates with numerous illustrations to each. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's cloth and printed boards, old military institutional stamp on cover and two contemporary, rather decorative private stamps to title-page. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Very rare complete set. The Atlas comprises of numerous fine and very detailed technical illustrations of guns and cannons and their parts, accompanied by nomenclatures and extended explanations and measurements. Meticulously executed and lithographed in its entirety. One page in the text volume is heavily annotated in margins in contemporary hand, shading some light on the thought process of military cadets at the time. 009-01 .

Keywords: MILITARY HISTORY WAR WARFARE MILITARIA MILITARISM ARMED FORCES ARMY NAVY BATTLES CAMPAIGNS KRIEG KRIEGE KRIEGSZÜGE FELDZÜGE MILITÄR MILITÄRISCHE STRATEGIE GESCHICHTE MILITÄRGESCHICHTE KRIEGSGESCHICHTE ARMEE HEER MILITAIRE GUERRE GUERRES HISTOIRE ARTILLERY


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