Exercise of the Small-Arms and Great Guns, for the Seamen on Board His Majestyís Ships.
Libri antichi e moderni
Royal Navy.
[London?: n.p., 1765?,],
Exercise of the Small-Arms and Great Guns, for the Seamen on Board His Majestyís Ships.
Libri antichi e moderni
Royal Navy.
[London?: n.p., 1765?,],
1181,26 €
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Regno Unito)
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- Royal Navy.
- Editori
- [London?: n.p., 1765?,]
- Soggetto
- NAVAL ROYAL NEVY FIREARMS GUNS
Descrizione
First and only edition, 4to (204 x 158 mm), 44pp., text in double-columns, with the words of command on the left and the explanations on the right, margins cut close, touching one catch-word, disbound. A rare official manual setting out instructions for firing of small arms and cannon in the Navy. The concise book gives words of command, and detailed instructions for carrying out the discharge of ëfirelocksí, bayonet exercises and the use of ramrods. It also instructs its readers on the firing of shipís cannons. ESTC & OCLC locating 2 UK copies (BL, Plymouth Library) and 2 copies elsewhere (Society of Cincinnati, University of Queensland).
