A treatise of artificial fire-vvorks both for vvarres and recreation : with divers pleasant geometricall obseruations, fortifications, and arithmeticall examples. In fauour of mathematicall students. Newly written in French, and Englished by the authour Tho: Malthus.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Malthus, Francis.

Contributor:

Cecil, Thomas, active 1630, engraver.

Series:

Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 851:11.

Standardized Title:

Traité des feux artificiels pour la guerre, et pour la recreation. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fireworks--Early works to 1800.

Fireworks.

Physical Description:

18 unnumbered pages, 172, 171-261 pages, 11 unnumbered pages : illustrations (metal cuts, woodcuts)

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

Traité des feux artificiels pour la guerre, et pour la recreation.

Treatise of artificial fire-works both for warres and recreation.

Place of Publication:

[London] : Printed [by W. Jones] for Richard Havvkins, and are to be sold at his shop in Chancerie lane neere to Serieants Inne, 1629.

Notes:

A translation of: Traité des feux artificiels pour la guerre, et pour la recreation.

Printer's name from STC.

With an additional title page, engraved, "A treatise: of artificiall fireworkes by F. Malthus", signed: T. Cecill sc: [?fe:].

The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.

With four final contents leaves.

Variant: engraving on C7v also printed on C5v; mistake rectified by a cancel pasted onto C5v.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1960. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 851:11). s1960 miun a

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed.) 17217.

OCLC:

61366084