An Essay On SHOOTING. Containing various Methods of Forging, Boring, and Dressing Gun Barrels, practised in France, Spain, and England, and the different Proofs of Barrels empolyed in those Countries; with Remarks - An Investigation of the Causes of Recoil, and of Bursting, with Proposals for preventing or remedying them - An Inquiry into the Effects of the Length, Bore, and Charge, upon the Range, &c. of the Piece - And Remarks upon the Articles of Powder, Shot, Wadding, &c. &c. Also Instructions for attaining the Art of Shooting - The Methods of training Pointers - And a short Description of the Game of this Country, as connected with the Amusement of Shooting. The whole Interspersed with summary Observations on the various Subjects of
Language: English
Published by T. Cadell., The Strand, London., 1791
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Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, Staffs, United KingdomColophon Books (UK)
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Condition: Used - Very good
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313 pages inc addendum leaf & 32 pages of introductions inc a 2nd intro for this 2nd revised edition of 18 pages (longer than the original of 8 pages)., uncut edges and printed on hand-made rag paper, light dustline along the bottom of the title, 20th century rebinding in full black morocco with 2 gilt morocco labels, contents very good and clean. Octavo. 1791 2nd edition revised. (1st edition was 1789).
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- Title
- An Essay On SHOOTING. Containing various Methods of Forging, Boring, and Dressing Gun Barrels, practised in France, Spain, and England, and the different Proofs of Barrels empolyed in those Countries; with Remarks - An Investigation of the Causes of Recoil, and of Bursting, with Proposals for preventing or remedying them - An Inquiry into the Effects of the Length, Bore, and Charge, upon the Range, &c. of the Piece - And Remarks upon the Articles of Powder, Shot, Wadding, &c. &c. Also Instructions for attaining the Art of Shooting - The Methods of training Pointers - And a short Description of the Game of this Country, as connected with the Amusement of Shooting. The whole Interspersed with summary Observations on the various Subjects of
- Author
- Acton, John
- Publisher
- T. Cadell., The Strand, London.
- Publication year
- 1791
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Morocco
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
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- Antiquarian, Country Pursuits., Sports & Field Sports
Colophon Books (UK)
Leek, Staffs, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since January 2, 2015
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We are a small, single-owner business. We have been operating on and off since 1977 and our stock is varied, leaning towards antiquarian and 19th century with the addition of original aquatint and lithographic, or woodcut engravings. Also maps and Ephemera - in fact, anything interesting on paper really. We have in stock every item we list. We do not use stock photographs, but photograph each item individually. We very rarely use "fine" or "mint" as a description, mainly due to the age and the fact that 99.9% of what we sell has been pre-owned and therefor Fine would not be a term for a book we sell despite its fine-like appearance. We always take items back unreservedly if not in the condition as described. We always try to describe fully.…
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