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Provenance
W. Keith Neal Collection, with his library bookplates
An extremely rare publication detailing patents granted to many of the great gunmakers and innovators of their time including Puckle's Patent No. 418 of 15 May 1718, Ferguson's Patent No. 1139 of 2 December 1776, Bolton's Patent No. 2041 of 28 February 1795, Joseph Manton's Patent No. 3558 of 30 April 1812 and No. 3985 of 29 February 1816, Thomson's Patent No. 3784 of 9 March 1814, Collyer's (sic) Patent No. 4315 of 24 November 1818, Clanricarde's Patent No. 6139 15 July 1831, Colt's Patent No. 6990 of 22 October 1832 and No. 12,688 of 20 June 1849, Heurteloup's Patent No. 7980 of 23 February 1839, Hodges' Patent No. 12,623 of 29 May 1849, Adam's Patent No. 13,527 of 24 February 1851, Tranter's Patent No. 212 of 28 January 1853, Sheath's Patent No. 996 of 26 April 1853, and Adam's Patent No. 2712 of 22 November 1853








