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Lot 139

CLAESZ (WILLEM)
Arithmetische en Geometrische Practijcke der Bosschieterye

22 April 2009, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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CLAESZ (WILLEM)

Arithmetische en Geometrische Practijcke der Bosschieterye, large woodcut on title, folding woodcut plate, illustrations and diagrams in the text, title shaved at fore-margin, small hole in blank area, and red Chinese chop, bookplate of C.R. Boxer, recased in early vellum [Bierens de Haan 863], small 4to, Amsterdam, Abel van der Storck, 1675

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An enlarged edition, first appearing in 1641, of a handbook on the art and science of military ballistics, for use on land and sea

Provenance: C.R. Boxer (1904-2000), bibliophile and historian of the Dutch and Portuguese empires

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