Very good copy in a contemporary binding of gilt-titled red leather. Decorative borders tooled in blind to front and rear panels. Light edge wear to the spine bands. Panel edges slightly dust-dulled. Some foxing around the plates, mainly in the margins. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. From the library of John Harrison with his armorial bookplate to front pastedown.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 23 pages; Physical 23 p. : 20 plates ; 25 cm. Military engineering -- Ordnance -- Munitions. "Designed with a view to illustrate, and render intelligible to non-professional readers, the various necessary technical expressions found in all historical or popular descriptions of modern warfare." --title page. Referenced NSTC 2F10975.