Russie

1870 · W89463 — Sanktpetersburg [St. Petersburg], Tip. Imp. Akademii Nauk 1870 xiv + [iv] + xxv + 679pp.+ 15 large folding plates + 130pp.of tables, 24cm., text in Russian in Cyrillic script, hardcover with spine in green leather, gilt title at spine, front joint repaired, some foxing, good condition, [rare copy of this first Russian edition on external ballistics, by Maievski, General-major, member of the Artillery-Committee, professor in ballistics at the Michajlow Artillery Academy, etc. This work was translated into French and edited in a shortened version in Paris in 1872, with the title "Traité de balistique extérieure"], W89463