GOWARD DOUGLAS'S NAVAL ARTILLERY. Moscow. Published by the P - Lot 218

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GOWARD DOUGLAS'S NAVAL ARTILLERY. Moscow. Published by the P - Lot 218
GOWARD DOUGLAS'S NAVAL ARTILLERY. Moscow. Published by the Printing Office of the Ministry of the Navy, Saint Petersburg, 1861. Parts Four and Five and Supplements. [6] 325 pp., fold-out tables, 8vo, leather binding with triple gilt edges (slight signs of wear), A.B.E. On the first endpaper, a pasted ex-libris from the library of Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich. Presentation copy. [ПОДНОСНОЙ ЭКЗЕМПЛЯР] SIR GOWARD DOUGLAS’S NAVAL ARTILLERY. Moscow. Published by the Printing Office of the Ministry of the Navy, St. Petersburg, 1861. Parts Four, Five, and Supplements. [6] 325 pp., inserts, fold-out tables, 24 x 15.5 cm, full leather owner’s binding with triple gold edging (minor scuffs), overall fair condition. A super-ex-libris from the library of Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich is affixed to the first endpaper. A presentation copy. Sir Howard Douglas—an English general, professor of military strategy, and specialist in naval technology. Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich Romanov (1832–1909)—the fourth and youngest son of Emperor Nicholas I and his wife Alexandra Feodorovna; military leader and statesman; Field Marshal (1878[1]), General-Quartermaster (1852). Chairman of the State Council (1881–1905). While in exile, he assembled a substantial library, a large section of which was devoted to military and administrative sciences.
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