SELECTED TREATISES ON GUNMAKING & SHOOTING from Nineteenth-Century Europe translated by J.Ashby Morton & Eric Bye. Softbound, 262 pages 6” x 9”. New English translations of three rare European treatises offer historical perspectives on gunmaking and sport shooting. Manual on the Fabrication of Military Small Arms by Major Cotty. The Gun Expert by J.W. Roux. The Treasury of the Shotgun by an Association of Hunters. These Manuals from 1806-1864 offer an interesting glimpse into the “best Practices” of the past, some are still used today while others are clearly antiquated. An interesting read for collectors, historians, gunmakers and historians.             No. 703478