The gun - founders of England. With a list of english and continental gun - founders from the XIV to the XIX centuries. With a Preface by Lord Cottesloe

At the University Press, 1937

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Year of publication

1937

Place of printing

Cambridge

Author

Ffoulkes Charles

Publishers

At the University Press

Keyword

Militaria, Armi da fuoco, Cannoni

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Condition

Used

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In-4°, pp. XVI, 134, legatura editoriale t. tela rossa con titolo in oro al dorso. Antiporta illustrata con riproduzione di una stampa che raffigura la Reale Fonderia di Woolwich. 15 tavv. in b.n. f.t. e 38 figg. n.t. Qualche sporadica sottolineatura. Ottimo stato. Ex-libris. Importante studio sulle fonderie di cannoni inglesi, comprensivo anche di cenni sulle analoghe fonderie continentali (soprattutto quelle di Douai e di Calais). Elenco dei capitoli: Manufacture, Guns of Iron and Brass, Gun Foundries in London and Calais, Foundries of Douai and Woolwich, Foundries of Sussex, the Carron Foundry, Powder and Shot, Proof and Range, Extracts from Historical Documents, and List of Gun Founders of England and the Continent Bibliografia in fine. 'Mr. Ffoulke's laborious researches are very valuable both as giving us a collection of facts and as outlining a little-known branch of military history' (dalla prefazione di Lord Cottesloe). L'autore era 'Master of the Arnouries' della Torre di Londra.