John, Xylander has in his regimental history of the 1st Bavarian Artillery Regiments some pointers to Manson, including Manson's designs for the Bavarian ordnance. Unfortunately, I see in Germany only extracts of Xylander's book, here vol. II (I have paper copies of several volumes), perhaps you are more lucky: https://books.google.de/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&redir_esc=y&hl=de&id=qNoDAAAAMAAJ
Terry, thanks! More specifically, the discussion on the "Material 1800" (a variation of the Gribeauval system) starts on p. 295. Xylander refers to Lutz, Hütz, Reinwald, Schwarz and Jacobi, see pp. X-XIII for some of these sources. Best wishes, Thomas
There is some information in Handbuch der königlich-bayerischen Artillerie, Zweiter Band, but no plates related to the design of the artillerie carriages and pieces.
The Swiss have a much better copy of Jacobi's book available - the drawings are very clear and of a good size:
Beschreibung des Materials und der Ausrüstung der königlich bayerischen Feld-Artillerie
Georg Albano von Jacobi
Druck und Verlag von Florian Kupferberg, Mainz 1841
https://www.e-rara.ch/download/pdf/10469024.pdf
You will need to use a VPN simulating the USA for the first three volumes of Xylander's book
Geschichte des 1. Feldartillerie-Regiments Prinz-Regent Luitpold,
Rudolf Ritter von Xylander
Volume 1 (1791 to 1806), E.S. Mittler und Sohn, Berlin 1905
https://books.google.com/books/download/Geschichte_des_1_Feldartillerie_Regiment.pdf?id=HdUOAAAAYAAJ&output=pdf&sig=ACfU3U1xx0TOyuIpdOnlybAoq-OsZBo0gw (uniform plates in colour spread across two pages)
Volume 2 (1806-1824), E.S. Mittler und Sohn, Berlin 1909
https://books.google.com/books/download/Geschichte_des_1_Feldartillerie_Regiment.pdf?id=qNoDAAAAMAAJ&output=pdf&sig=ACfU3U3s0rt6NJCA-Y-O4EH17LH8FJpT3g (uniform plates in colour spread across two pages)
Volume 3 (1824-1911), E.S. Mittler und Sohn, Berlin 1911
https://books.google.com/books/download/Geschichte_des_1_Feldartillerie_Regiment.pdf?id=ZVkCAAAAIAAJ&output=pdf&sig=ACfU3U3PEOPjw8K54VbpcqOLQQfXBRQHhA (uniform plates in colour spread across two pages)
Volume 4 (1911-1920), Munchen 1931
https://digital.wlb-stuttgart.de/sammlungen/sammlungsliste/werksansicht?tx_dlf%5Bdouble%5D=0&tx_dlf%5Bid%5D=11728&tx_dlf%5Border%5D=title&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=1&cHash=3d54c441a5027b19dc549ee962753729
John, Xylander has in his regimental history of the 1st Bavarian Artillery Regiments some pointers to Manson, including Manson's designs for the Bavarian ordnance. Unfortunately, I see in Germany only extracts of Xylander's book, here vol. II (I have paper copies of several volumes), perhaps you are more lucky: https://books.google.de/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&redir_esc=y&hl=de&id=qNoDAAAAMAAJ
Best regards, Thomas
There are some plates in Jacobi Tome 3, which covers Bavarian artillery, but I am not certain they are Manson's system.
There is some information in Handbuch der königlich-bayerischen Artillerie, Zweiter Band, but no plates related to the design of the artillerie carriages and pieces.
https://books.google.com/books?id=NdZAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA614
https://books.google.com/books?id=NdZAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA626
Terry