[The military art of trayning. With the discipline of drilling all in lively portraytures]
| Other author | Gheyn, Jacob de, 1565-1629. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [[London] : [E. All-de, solde by R. Daniel, 1622] [1623?]] |
| Description | [90] p., [77] leaves of plates : ill. (metal cuts) |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240887921 |
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| Variant title | Military discipline wherein is most martially shone the order of drilling for ye musket and pike 1623 set forth in postures with the words of command and briefe instructions for the right vse of the same. To be exercised in musters by order form ye lords of his Ma:ties most ho:ble Priuy Counsaile. |
| Variant title | Military discipline wherein is most martially shone the order of drilling for ye musket and pike 1623 set forth in postures with the words of command and briefe instructions for the right use of the same. To be exercised in musters by order form ye lords of his Ma:ties most ho:ble Privy Counsaile. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | In two parts. F. S. Ferguson examined both the Huth copies and the British Library copy and drew up the following ideal description: Engraved frontispiece with Mars seated upon a cannon (present only in Huth 4982); part 1 collates A-E F⁴ (A1, letterpress title page; A2, dedication; A3-F2, text, pp. 1-79, [80]; F3,4 blank); part 2 has engraved title page, 44 numbered musket positions, and 33 numbered pike positions, 1 per recto (complete only in Huth 4982), gathered in 12's: [A-F¹² G⁶]. The British Library copy has 4 unnumbered engravings of officers inserted at the beginning of part 2 and some engravings in pen facsimiles. Both Huth copies were resold at Sotheby's, 27 February 1922, lots 153-4, and bought by Ellis. Michigan acquired Huth 4982 in 1936, by which time the engraved frontispiece, musket no. 44, and pike no. 33 were no longer present. The engravings are copies of de Gheyn, cf. STC 11810--Cf. STC. |
| General note | Title, imprint, and suggested actual publication date from STC. |
| General note | The engravings of pike and musket are derived from: Gheyn, Jacob de. The exercise of armes for calivres, muskettes, and pikes. |
| General note | Engraved title page has title: The military discipline wherein is most martially shone the order of drilling for ye musket and pike 1623 set forth in postures with the words of command and briefe instructions for the right vse of the same. To be exercised in musters by order form ye lords of his Ma:ties most ho:ble Priuy Counsaile. |
| General note | Signatures: pi¹ A-E F⁴. |
| General note | Imperfect; lacks letterpress title page. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
| References | STC (2nd ed.) 794. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1298:08) |
| Other title | Exercise of armes for calivres, muskettes, and pikes. |
| Stock number | CL0036000036 ProQuest. 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3218 |
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