L'oeil dv canon, ov La mire françoise, advis, et traité, sur les fabrique & vsage de toute, tant grosse, que menuë artillerie, pour tirer juste ... Advis necessaire a tovs tirevrs ... pour, de tout canon, mousquet, ou fuzil ... donner certainement dans le centre du but / Par le sieur Chevillard.
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L'oeil dv canon, ov La mire françoise, advis, et traité, sur les fabrique & vsage de toute, tant grosse, que menuë artillerie, pour tirer juste ... Advis necessaire a tovs tirevrs ... pour, de tout canon, mousquet, ou fuzil ... donner certainement dans le centre du but / Par le sieur Chevillard.
Variant title
Oeil du canon ou la mire
Created/published
Paris : Chez L'auteur, 1657.
Description
[xvi], 47, [2] p. : ill. (two etched folding plates) ; (8vo)
Associated name
Chevillard, le sieur, author.
Note
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From dealer's description: "8vo. [ii blank], folding etched frontispiece portrait, [xiv], 47, [2] p. and two full-page etched plates. Contemporary gilt-ruled vellum over flexible paper boards (rubbed), gilt arms of Cardinal Mazarin, flat spine gilt with a single vertical partly pointelle vine roll, all edges gilt. Only edition, an early contribution to the manufacture of military and recreational firearms, privately printed for distribution by the author. Chevillard describes his innovative new sighting mechanism for black powder weapons - shoulder-fired to heavy artillery - treats mensuration, gives a dictionary of terms and discusses the size of the explosive charge and the ball. To secure patronage, the author presented this copy to the de facto head of the French state, Cardinal Jules Mazarin, then directing the Franco-Spanish war. The present copy appears to be the only known with the folding plate."
From dealer's description: "8vo. [ii blank], folding etched frontispiece portrait, [xiv], 47, [2] p. and two full-page etched plates. Contemporary gilt-ruled vellum over flexible paper boards (rubbed), gilt arms of Cardinal Mazarin, flat spine gilt with a single vertical partly pointelle vine roll, all edges gilt. Only edition, an early contribution to the manufacture of military and recreational firearms, privately printed for distribution by the author. Chevillard describes his innovative new sighting mechanism for black powder weapons - shoulder-fired to heavy artillery - treats mensuration, gives a dictionary of terms and discusses the size of the explosive charge and the ball. To secure patronage, the author presented this copy to the de facto head of the French state, Cardinal Jules Mazarin, then directing the Franco-Spanish war. The present copy appears to be the only known with the folding plate."
Place of creation/publication
France.
Item Details
Call number
270060
Folger-specific note
From dealer's description: "8vo. [ii blank], folding etched frontispiece portrait, [xiv], 47, [2] p. and two full-page etched plates. Contemporary gilt-ruled vellum over flexible paper boards (rubbed), gilt arms of Cardinal Mazarin, flat spine gilt with a single vertical partly pointelle vine roll, all edges gilt. Only edition, an early contribution to the manufacture of military and recreational firearms, privately printed for distribution by the author. Chevillard describes his innovative new sighting mechanism for black powder weapons - shoulder-fired to heavy artillery - treats mensuration, gives a dictionary of terms and discusses the size of the explosive charge and the ball. To secure patronage, the author presented this copy to the de facto head of the French state, Cardinal Jules Mazarin, then directing the Franco-Spanish war. The present copy appears to be the only known with the folding plate." Ordered from Bruce McKittrick, D9118, 2017-07-28, personal visit. Purchase made possible by The Charles W. Engelhard Acquisitions Fund. Purchase made possible by The Lois Green Schwoerer Acquisitions Fund.
Folger accession
270060