Spanish Manuscript: Mathematics of Artillery

Barcelona, 1759. Manuscript exercise book on the mathematics of artillery of Fernando Seilde ("Dn Fernando Seilde"), Lieutenant in the Wallon Infantry Regiemtn of Flanders, in period full vellum, ties missing, Barcelona, January 16, 1759. Kept in a regular and elegant hand, this volume is the fifth treatise (artillery) of the eight-part official course in Mathematics taught at the Royal Military Academy of Barcelona for over half a century. Numerous finely drawn illustrations.