The title-page of Norton’s The Gunner…, in which cannon serve as architectural pillars. Sold by Tennants for £2000.
An early 17th century work on …the Whole Practise of Artillery made a record sum in sale held by Tennants (20% buyer’s premium) of Leyburn.
Bidding on June 8 reached £2000 for this 1628 first of Robert Norton’s The Gunner…, a work that also offers a guide to the manufacture of fireworks, “…as well for for Pleasure and Triumphes, as for Warre and Service”.