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8vo. [8] + 219 + 137p. Allegorical engraved title with 2 figures in armour upholding royal arms of France; 4 subtitles with royal arms; numerous woodcuts and diagrams in the text, many full-page. Contemporary vellum. Corrected and enlarged second edition of this influential military manual, (first published: Paris 1614), which owed its success to the wide range of technical advice offered. Discussed are the rules of fortification and methods of attack and defence of fortresses, the applications of the petard, the use of French artillery, fire-works etc. 77 woodcuts (some full-page), illustrate troup formations, guns, battering rams, rockets, and battle orders; there are 22 plans of fortifications of different cities (Geneva, Ostende etc.). Also included into the volume are the author's minor works: Les Questions Militaires (dated 1617), Les Epistres, Les Libres Discours, and La Methode pour resoudre facilment toute question militaire proposée. Jordan lists a total of twelve French editions, two editions in Dutch, one in German, and John Cruso's English translation of 1638. The text was plagiarized in full by Wallhausen as early as 1616 (in Kriegsmanual), and in part in Gaya's Treatise of Arms (1670). Cockle (146), listing the English edition of 1638, comments: 'A book frequently quoted from, and, in its time, highly esteemed" Jähns 934-35; Jordan 0983. SEE ILLUSTRATION. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5308
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