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Muller, John, 1699-1784 A treatise of artillery.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05306.02 Author/Creator: Muller, John, 1699-1784 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Book Date: 1779 Pagination: 40, 215 p. : Height: 19.8 cm, Width: 11.7 cm Order a Copy

First American edition of this work, based on the second London edition. This copy was owned by Paul Revere, but not marked as such. Dedication reads: "To his Excellency George Washington...General Henry Knox...and the Officers of the Continental Artillery." Printed in Philadelphia by Styner and Cist, in Second-Street, for John Norman, engraver. Evans 16378.

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