MANUAL SAPADOR DE INFANTERIA – 5 PARTES -1894

5 parts in 1 volume. 8°, contemporary quarter navy blue morocco over marbled boards (boards, head and foot of spine rubbed, some wear to corners), smooth spine with gilt bands and title. Small royal Portuguese arms on title pages. Text and some plates browned. In good condition. Contemporary ink inscriptions, all in the same hand: “Gonçalves” in upper outer corners of second leaves of parts I, II, III and IV, as well as in upper outer corners of p. [5] of part II, title page of part IV, and p. [5] of part V. Inscription in part I, p. 65: “João Lopes Gonçalves // Sargº da Infantª 3 [?]”. Inscription on blank verso of final unnumbered leaf in part V: “João Lopes Gonçalves // 2 [?] sargento da infant[aria] // Aluno da escola central [?] de // sargentos d’infantaria // 2º [?] anno”. 65 pp., (1 l.), 31 lithographic plates (12 folding) with 97 images; 28 pp., (1 l.), 3 lithographic plates (2 folding) with 15 images; 49 pp., (1 l.), 18 lithographic plates (4 folding) with 86 images; 34 pp., (1 l.), 12 lithographic plates (2 folding) with 36 images; 13 pp., (1 l.), 4 folding lithographic plates with 17 images. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Part I deals with fortification; part II with sapping; part III with improvised bridges; part IV with partial destruction of communications, destruction of obstacles, partial reconstruction of common roads, railroad crossings, and docks; part V deals with works necessary for camps and bivouac.*** Martins de Carvalho, Dicionário bibliográfico militar português (1979) II, 447 (describing the work as a 16º; calling for only 3 plates in part I and without mention of the final unnumbered leaf; no text given for part V). Porbase locates a single copy, at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. KVK (51 databases searched) and The European Library (72 databases searched) cite only Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal.