Remarks On Rifle Guns.
1829. 10th. BAKER, Ezekiel. "Remarks On Rifle Guns. Being The Result Of Upwards Of Fifty Years Practice And Observations, With Specific Remarks On Fowling Pieces, the Percussion Lock, And Fire Arms In General. To Which Are Subjoined Descriptions Of A new Bullet Mould And Clipper, Various Improvements In Gun And Door Locks And Spring Bolts, A Description Of Fire-Armes Deposited In The Royal Arsenal At Woolwich, Including All The Improvements And Inventions For Which Three Silver Medals have Been Awarded By The Society Of Arts, Together With Tables Of Weights Of Balls, Descriptive Plates, Etc." Joseph Mallett, 1829. viii, 251 pp., hand colored frontispiece of a rifleman presenting, 5 other hand colored plates, 3 of riflemen in firing positions, 2 of target plates and 1 engraved plate of bullet molds, tools and tables for the weight and diameter of lead balls. Bound in original printer's boards with 1/4 binding of black leather, gilt lettering and lines. First published in 1800, the first edition was only 18 pages with plates, subsequent editions were revised and expanded, concluding with the final (11th) edition in 1835 (Riling 329). The gunmaker and inventor who developed the Baker rifle, the shortened and simplified military rifle used with great success in the Napoleonic Wars and War of 1812 by British rifle corps. CONDITION: moderate toning to the frontis. and title page, with some foxing, light toning to all pages; otherwise a clean and very good copy. Item #65
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