Technology - Fireworks - Websky, Martin. Fireworks for amateurs. With 10 copper plates. Wroclaw, Hirt, 1839. VII, 132 pp. 22 x 14 cm. Marbled paperback of the period (rubbed and bumped). First edition. - Owner's stamp on title. Some spotting throughout, plates browned. - Includes: Scharfenberg, A. Die Feuerwerkkunst in ihrem ganzen Umfang. Textbook of fireworks for professional artists and amateurs. 1st volume (of 2). With text illustrations. Ulm, Ebner, 1848. VII, 447 pp. 21 x 14 cm. Contemporary paperback with spine label (rubbed). - First edition. - Owner's stamp on dedication leaf. Last 4 leaves loose. - As well as 1 further, unidentifiable title: Der Feuerwerker. Circa 1800. with 2 copper plates ("Der Feuerwerker" and "Werkzeuge des Feuerwerkers" by Carl Frosch). Half cloth of the time. VAT: *

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