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[FIREARMS]. D’ANTONI, Alessandro Vittorio Papacino (1714-1786). A Treatise on Gun-Powder; a Treatise on Fire-Arms and a Treatise on the Service of Artillery in Time of War Translated from the Italian of… by Captain Thomson, of The Royal Regiment of Artillery. London: T. and J. Egerton, 1789. 8vo. Illustrated with 24 folding plates. xl, [1]-374, [1, Errata] pp. Half-title present. Contemporary full brown calf, rebacked and recornered to style in modern brown calf, modern black gilt morocco lettering labels on spine, four raised bands (some wear to binding, hinges starting, gutter facing title-page reinforced with tape, some toning, occasional soiling, foxing in text, contemporary ownership signature on fp, small piece of tape on fp.) Good. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. With the bookplate and embossed ownership stamp of book collector King Lawrence Parker. D’Antoni was a Major General in the Sardinian Army.