Eleven manuscript orihon volumes accordion format relating to matchlock muskets & marksmanship

by Inatomi School Of Gunnery, Marksmanship

$25,000 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Many fine extended images of musketeers in various positions, firearms, targets, etc. Paper shiny with infused mica. Eleven vols. Narrow 8vo 234 x 105 mm. , orig. semi-stiff blue boards some rubbing & wear , silver endpapers with floral patterns, orig. gilt paper labels on upper covers with manuscript titles several are missing . Japan : dated “August 1660” at end of each volume. An unusually large group of manuscripts, collectively known as the

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