Monograph on explosives and their applications to munitions. Author's signed presentation copy

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MARDEL, Luis. Polvoras. Explosivos modernos e suas appliçõaces.Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 1893-1896.2 volumes in large 4to. I: [5]f including half-title, title in red & black with Portuguese arms + 254p of text + 54 numbered tinted plates (2 folding); II: [5]f including half-title, title in red & black with Portuguese arms + 334 p text + [2]p errata + 30 tinted plates (numbered 55-85). Contemporary half morocco, gilt; marbled boards. The most significant contemporary Portuguese monograph on explosives and their applications to munitions. Comprising a total of 85 plates containing 405 numbered tinted or coloured illustrations. Mardel (born 1846), a cavalry major, was elected corresponding member of the Portuguese Royal Academy of Sciences in recogniton of this work. He also wrote a history of small arms. Generally a good, clean set; margins of a few plates lightly foxed in places. Author's presentation copy with manuscript dedication inscription in top blank margin of half-titles. Innocencio XVI, 379-80, 1793. N° de ref. del artículo 5361

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