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.