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Thybourel, François (active circa 1620) Recueil de Plusieurs Machines Militaires et Feux Artificiels pour la Guerre et la Recreation.
Pont-à-Mousson: Charles Marchant, 1620.
First edition, quarto, parts 1-5 (of 7) in one volume, illustrated with a profusion of text engravings, including illustrated general title; part three lacks divisional title (A1) and text leaf A4; bound in early 19th century half sheep, with paste-paper boards; spine worn, ends chipped, front joint cracked; soiling and dampstaining through much of volume, scattered crude marginal paper repairs, paper pasted over 18th-century owner's inscription on verso of part five title.
The present work is a survey of contemporary heavy artillery and siege equipment including military and recreational pyrotechnics; this issue with Jean Appier's name first on the title. "Appier's influence on subsequent pyrotechnic works is immense." (Philip A140.1(a); Cockle 937; Riling 85.)
