RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vols. VIII.-X. (ff. 80, 27, 94). Treatise on Artillery, in French, in the hand of Jacob Richards. Three volumes, the last two containing illustrations. Inserted at the end of the third (f. 89) is a map of Newbury, co. Berks; followed (f. 90) by a French treatise entitled " Épreuves du Tir des Bombes avec le Canon par M. Lombard, Professeur royal aux Écoles du Corps-Royal de 1'Artillerie à Auxonne, 1787."
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Ordnance: Treatise on Artillery, with plates: 17th cent.: Fr.
Vol. X. ff. 94. includes: f. 89 Newbury, Berkshire: Map of: 17th cent. f. 89 Maps and Plans: Map of Newbury, co. Berks: 17th cent. f. 90 Lombard, Artillery instructor at Auxonne: Épreuves du tir des bombes avec le canon: 1787.: Fr.
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XI. (ff. 78). "Eight Books of the Ellements of Euclid with the Use of the Propositions " ; 1700. In the hand of Jacob Richards. He breaks of, however, at the end of the 2nd book. He does not follow Euclid's method in the treatment of parallel straight lines or in the p...
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. Xll. (ff. 22). Diary of Jacob Richards, of the artillery train in Flanders, narrating events up to the battle of Landen; 8/18 Apr.- 20/30 Jul)-, 1693. He was present, among other places, at Ghent, Greinbergen, Vilvorde, and Pare Abbey near Louvain, and gives plans of t...
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XIII. (fr. 76). Diary of John Richards; 30 Jan. 1696/7 - 29 May, 1699. He started from Dublin to London, and thence through Holland and Germany to Venice, which he reached on 2 April. He served the campaign with his brother Jacob in the Morea; and at its conclusion the...
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XIV. (ff. 45). Copies of letters to and from Jacob Richards, and of other documents connected with his engagement in the Venetian service as "Sergente Generale"; 29 Nov. 1696-30 Mar. 1699. Italian. They deal principally with the organisation of the artillery, fortifica...
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XV. (ff. 45). Letter-book of Jacob Richards, principally in Venice and Napoli di Romania [Nauplia]; 14 June, 1697-14 Aug. 1700. The letters relate chiefly to the subjects touched upon in vols. xiii., xiv; and in the last he appears to be taking service under the King o...
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XVI. (ff. 97). Diary by John Richards on a journey from Napoli di Romania [Nauplia] to Constantinople and thence to Vienna, on his discharge from the Venetian service; 15 July, 1699-21 Sept. 1700. Among the places he describes are Napoli di Malvasia, Canea, Candia, Rho...