Rariora; being notes of some of the printed books, manuscripts, historical documents, medals, engravings, pottery, etc., collected (1858-1900) (1902)
Hodgkin, John Eliot · London : S. Low, Marston & Co., ltd. · leaf 232
is shown quaintly enough in the picturesque plate for 1690, wherein a mortarbattery in the foreground is engaged in setting a town on fire, whilst in the distance, beyond the bridge atZurich, is to be seen an enclosure, surrounded by an arcaded structure, and a triumphal arch on which aninscription… … THE PETARD—A CRITICAL MOMENT. (GESELLSCHAFT DER CONSTAFFLEREN, J720.) 40 BOOKS ON FIREWORKS. Another very festive scene on the lake of Zurich is very prettilydepicted under the year 1699. We should hardly have looked for a survival of the Petardtill 1720, but it is graphically illustrated in that…
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