(Robert FULTON) Jacques Philippe Mérigon de MONTGÉRY
Mémoire sur les mines flottantes et les pétards flottans, ou machines infernales maritimes[Memoir on the Employment of Submarine Bombs in the Operations of War]
Bachelier|Paris 1819|13.5 x 21.5 cm|Relié
First and only edition, illustrated with a folding engraved frontispiece (see Polak 6795; not in Sabin).
Bound in bottle-green full sheep, Bradel-style binding, smooth spine ruled in gilt with double fillets, gilt date at foot, original pink paper waiting cover preserved, modern binding.
A waterstain affects the lower margin of the initial leaves, gradually fading throughout the volume.
Unique and uncommon edition (the purported 1814 edition is a bibliographical ghost).
€700