Organisation und Taktik der Artillerie, und Geschichte ihrer taktischen Ausbildung von den frühesten bis auf die neuesten Zeiten
Berlin: Sandersche Buchhandlung, 1824. First edition. 8vo. Two volumes in one: x, (2), xviii, 103, (3); viii, 272 pp. Illustrated, 20 folding plans from various Napoleonic battles, some with hand coloring, in volume one, folding tables and 20 folding plans in volume two. The author served as an artillery officer in the Prussian army under Von Thielmann at the Battle of Ligny. OCLC locates three copies, all in Europe (Niedersachsische Staats-und Univ, Defensiebibliotheken, Het Legermuseum Delft). Somewhat later gilt-stamped and embossed calf, gilt title, rules and ornaments between raised bands on spine; joints broken, endpapers discolored, otherwise a good solid copy. Item #50041
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