CONOCIMIENTOS MILITARES DEL ARTE DE LA GUERRA.

Barcelona. , 1828.. With a Cuban Bookseller's Ticket Work on the art of warfare. Palau notes that this work is often attributed to the General of Artillery, Juan Barbaza. Interestingly, a contemporary bookseller's ticket for a Cuban bookseller is present on the front pastedown: "T. Howson. Encuadernador y fabricante de libros en blanco en la Calle del Obispo numero 22. Habana." A rare work - only three copies are listed in OCLC, at the College of William of Mary, and the national libraries of Spain and Chile. 234,[7]pp. plus five folding tables and plates. Small quarto. Contemporary marbled boards with linen spine, all edges yellow. Extremities lightly worn. Contemporary Cuban bookseller's ticket on front pastedown, contemporary ownership inscription on front flyleaf. Worming in gutter margin, heavy at times, not affecting text but loosening several leaves. One plate separated at fold but complete. Minor scattered foxing. A good plus copy. PALAU 59368.