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TITLE:  Gabion, a cylinder basket, open at both ends, about three feet wide, and as much in height

CALL NUMBER:  Illus. in U24 .S6 Am Imp [Rare Book RR]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZ62-45357 (b&w film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:  Print shows a gabion.

MEDIUM:  1 print : woodcut.

CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [1776]

RELATED NAMES:

Simes, Thomas, fl. 1757-1780.

NOTES:

Title from item.

Caption continues: They serve in sieges to carry on the approaches under cover, when they come pretty near the fortification.

Illus. in: A new military, historical, and explanatory dictionary ... / Thomas Simes. Philadelphia : Sold by Humphreys, Bell, and Aitken, 1776.

Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 908.

SUBJECTS:

Military art & science--1770-1780.
Arms & armament--1770-1780.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

FORMAT:

Book illustrations 1770-1780.
Woodcuts 1770-1780.

REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a45555 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a45555

CONTROL #:  2004673521



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