138 French Books. 



FEENCH BOOKS. 

 GUNS, GUN MANUFACTURE, GUNNERY. 



1501. EXTRAIT DU COURS SUR LES ARMES. Cap. L. Panot. 



An instruction-book for the musketry instructor and 

 for the use of non-commissioned officers. J. Dumaine, 

 Paris, 1850. In 8vo. 



1502. TECHNOLOGIE DBS ARMES i FEU. Moritz Meyer. 

 The best-known edition is the French translation made 

 by M. Reiffel, and enlarged with many annotations. 

 The work is a chronological history of firearms, and 

 is in two parts : (1) from the invention of firearms, 

 A . D . 401763 ; and (2) 17641832. Gen. Bracken- 

 bury, in his paper on the history of firearms, says of 

 this publication : " Contains a series of assertions and 

 assumptions unsupported by any evidence, or even by 

 references, and in some cases carrying on their faces 

 the stamp of improbability. It is, therefore, as regards 

 that portion which relates to the archaeology of cannon, 

 utterly worthless to the student or antiquary." J. 

 Correard, Paris, 1837. 8vo, 2 vols., 280 and 336 pp., 

 exclusive of copious indices of 88 and 78 pp. 



1503. ARMES ET POUDRE DE CHASSE. Louis Roux. Lacroix, 

 Paris, 1869. 12mo. 



1504. ARMES 1 FEU PORTATIVES. Rodolphe Schmidt. An 

 account of hand firearms, from the date of their 

 development from cannon until the present day. 

 Translated by J. K Cuttat, and illustrated with 400 

 chromolithograph drawings in 56 plates, forming a 

 separate volume. This is a popular account of the 

 development of military arms, and contains numerous 

 descriptions of little known varieties of breechloaders. 

 Ch. Tanera, Paris, 1877. Demy 4to, pp. 96, and atlas 

 of 56 plates. 



