38 Ancient Books. 



209. THEORIA ET PRAXIS ARTILLERY. Bucklers. A 

 treatise on the firearms in actual use. In three parts, 

 Nurnberg, 1682, 1690. Folio. 



210. GENERAL TREATISE ON ARTILLERY. Sir Jonas More's 

 translation from the Italian of T. Moretti. An 

 edition appeared in 1689 which was bound up with a 

 work on "Fortification" and Sir A. Dager's "Artificial 

 Fireworks." Neither of the publications are of excep- 

 tional value. London, 1683. 



211. MARINER'S MAGAZINE contains the art of Gunnery 

 and Artificial Fireworks, by Colson. London, 1684. 



212. ESAME DE BOMBISTI. Sigismondo Albergetti de 

 Venezia. By the author of several works on Artillery : 

 see NOVA ARTILLERIA. (Italian.) V. Pinelli, Venice, 

 1685. In 12mo. 



213. GUNNERY EXPERIMENTS AT WOOLWICH. John Greaves 

 or Gravius. A contribution to the Transactions of 

 the Philosophical Society. London, 1685. 



214. HANDBUCHLEIN UBER DIE BUCHSENMEISTEREI. 

 Eugenii. (German.) Augsburg, 1685. 12mo. 



215. KOMPENDIUM DER ARTiLLERiE. Winkrat. Inspruck, 

 1685. 12mo. 



216. GENTLEMAN'S RECREATION. An encyclopsedic work in 

 two divisions: the first treats of Heraldry, Music, Paint- 

 ing, the Fine Arts, etc. ; the second of Horsemanship, 

 Deer, Fox and Hare Hunting, Hawking, Fishing, 

 Fowling and Shooting, Cock Fighting, etc. It is 

 illustrated with numerous plates. This book was one 

 of the first of a long series of " publisher's books " sold 

 on subscription and rarely worth the money asked for 

 them. Bibliographers give Blome a bad character, 

 declare that he derived from other authors and 

 publishers what he published as his own, and that his 

 writings are unreliable and his illustrations coarse and 

 cheap. The chapters on Shooting are short, and their 



