1804 ARTILLERY 1st US ed The Bombardier by Adye America Napoleonic Wars Boston

1804 ARTILLERY 1^st US ed The Bombardier by Adye America Napoleonic Wars Boston

Ralph Willett Adye was an early 19^th-century English artillerist of whom very little is known aside from dying in Gibraltar in 1804. His claim to fame was his artillery manual, ‘The Bombardier’. This book proved to be the primary text for artillery gunners and officers during the Napoleonic Wars. This 1804 first American edition was published in Charlestown (i.e., Boston).

Item number: #23402

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ADYE, Ralph Willett

The bombardier, and pocket gunner

Charlestown [Boston]: Printed for E. Larkin, by William Greenouch, 1804. First American edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [14], vi, [7]-277, [1]
• References: Shaw et Shoemaker 5666
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~6in X 3.5in (15cm x 9cm)

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