(PERU) Exercisio de cañon de los cinco calibres regulares co

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(PERU.) Exercisio de cañon de los cinco calibres regulares con dos artilleros, y seis sirvientes. 68, [13] manuscript leaves. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; 3 small wormholes running through, moderate dampstaining to first few leaves, musty odor; inked library stamps on three pages. Segovia, Spain, 1786 (but possibly an early transcript)

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An apparently unpublished artillery training manual with Peruvian provenance. One section of the manuscript is dated Segovia, 21 September 1786, on page 54r, though this may be a later transcript. The royal artillery academy was located in Segovia by this time. Following leaf 68 is a shorter section in another hand titled "Exercicio de mortero de todas calibres executado con 2 bombardezas y 6 sirvientes." Provenance: Sociedad Geografico de Lima stamps dated 1888; estate of Jorge María Corbacho (1881-1947) of Peru to Juan Francisco Echevarria, and then by descent to the consignor.