Congreve, A Treatise... of the Congreve Rocket System, London, 1827, half calf gilt

CONGREVE, WILLIAM

A Treatise on the General Principles, Powers, and Facility of Application of the Congreve Rocket System, as compared with Artillery. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1827 

FIRST EDITION, 4to (270 x 210mm.), 12 folding plain aquatint plates, contemporary half calf gilt, spotting, very slightly worn

The Congreve rocket was developed in 1804, and was directly influenced by Indian rockets. It was used heavily by the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.

PROVENANCE:

Herbert Jekyll, armorial bookplate; E.? Jekyll, signature; purchased from Pickering & Chatto, 21 January 1902, 10s-6d