Rare 1813 U.S. Artillery Manual Owned by F.E. Spinner

This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2004

Manual “American Artillerist’s Companion, or Elements of Artillery: Treating of All Kinds of Firearms in Detail, and of the Formation, Object, and Service of the Flying or Horse Artilery, Preceded by an Introductory Dissertion on Cannon” by Louis De Tousard, Vol. III containg the plates and their explanations, Philadelphia, 1813, complete with folio size pull out plates. This copy was owned and signed twice “F.E. Spinner” (1802-1890) who before his appointment as Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln was a major general in the New York State Militia. Book is about VG. Rare.

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