Lot 18 , [Perrinet d'Orval, Jean Charles] Mr. P. D’O - Essay Sur Les Feux D’Artifice Pour Le Spectacle et Pour La Guerre.

[Perrinet d'Orval, Jean Charles] Mr. P. D’O - Essay Sur Les Feux D’Artifice Pour Le Spectacle et Pour La Guerre. illus. 13 engraved plates to rear. worn 19th century boards later rebacked with manuscript paper label. Paris: Coustelier. 1745. Detailed treatment of fireworks by a French officer in the Army Corps of Engineers.
£120-160

Condition:
binding worn with crude reback, some soiling and pencil annotations to endpapers, f.f.e.p. coming loose with tear with loss to top right corner, small arear of loss to top right corner of title with some soiling, occasional v. light soiling to content and plates, gen. clean. xii+[4]+224+13 plates.pp