Description and condition:

Black boards hardback, dustcover, 8vo, 183pp, index, b/w illustrations.

Very good, mild foxing to top edge, internally with nice bright clean pages throughout. In very good, clipped, dustcover.

Contents:

Well documented study on the working of the Royal Brass Foundry at Woolwich by Jan Verbruggen. One of the Verbruggen brothers who revolutionised British foundry practices during the late eighteenth century, with regard to the smooth bore cannon.