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174. PRATIQUE DE LA GUERRE. Malthus. A treatise in 

 French concerning the use of artillery, bombs, mortars, 

 artificial fireworks, petards, mines, bridges, earth- 

 works, etc., etc. Paris, 1650. 



175. CACCIA DELL' ARCOBUGIO. Captain Vita Bonfadini. 

 A treatise on the vise of firearms for sporting purposes 

 and the art of shooting in the wing, together with a 

 lot of miscellaneous information for the use of sports- 

 men. A clever little work with wonderful illustrations 

 of arms, showing the various bores and how to gauge 

 them with fingers and thumb, of powder and shot 

 measures, of a pistol candlestick invented by the author 

 for the use of students, and some curious information 

 concerning the manufacture of firearms, gunpowder 

 and shot. Dedicated to Benedetto Macciavelli ; has a 

 laudatory poem on the Arqubus, by Mariscotti, and 

 one by Carlo Possenti on the invention of powder. 

 Giuseppe Gironi, Ferrara, 1652. Small 12mo, 102 pp. 



176. TRACTATUS DE ARMIS. Joh. de Bado Anreo (Rumpf). 

 Ed. Bessaei. London, 1654. 



177. TRATADO DE LA GAZA DEL BRELO. Fernando Tamariz 

 de la Escaler. A treatise on the use of the Arcubus 

 for sporting purposes given in ten chapters, viz. : 

 I. General rules. II. On the management of the 

 Arcubus. III. On loading the weapon. IV. Loading 

 for special purposes. V. Shot-gun shooting. VI. 

 Rules to be observed in the field. VII. Game seasons. 

 VIII. Habits of game. IX. Hints to shooters. X. 

 Final directions. Laus Deo, and an appendix on the 

 setting dog and how to use it. Title, |-title, 4 pp. ; 

 dedication, authorisation, 1 p. ; and address to the 

 reader, 4 pp. 31 pp. text. Madrid, 1654. 12mo. 



178. SECRET SHOOTING of the wicked reproved. James 

 Naylor. The incoherences of a lunatic Quaker. 

 London, 1655. Folio. 



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