Remarks on Rifle Guns. Remarks on Fowling Pieces. Fire Arms. Royal Arsenal.
Remarks
on Rifle Guns: Being the Result of Sixty Years Practice and Observation: With
Specific Remarks on Fowling Pieces, The Percussion Lock, and Fire Arms in
General. To Which are Subjoined Descriptions of A New Bullet Mould and Clipper,
Various Improvements in Gun and Door Locks, and Spring Bolts, A Description of
Fire Arms and Deposited in the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, Including All the
Improvements and Inventions for which Three Silver Medals Have Been Awarded By
The Society Of Arts, Together With Tables of Weights of Balls, Descriptive
Plates, etc. By Ezekiel Baker, Gun and Rifle Maker to
His Majesty, The Honorable Board of Ordnance, and The Honorable East India
Company. The Eleventh Edition. Printed by Joseph Mallett. London. 1835.
(Reprint) Titled on the spine: “Baker's Remarks on the Rifle.” (Reprinted by) Standard
Publications, Inc. Huntington, West
Virginia. [no date, circa 1946] 269,(22) pages. Illustrated. 8-3/4 inches.
Cloth. Hardcover. Title on spine in gilt. Spine lightly age toned. Lightly rubbed.
Overall very good condition.
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