1664 ILLUSTRATED MILITARY WORK on TECHNIQUES for HANDLING MUSKET & PIKE antique

(Gheyn, Jacob de).

Die Drillkunst das ist Kriegsubliche Waffenhandlung der Musqueten und Pique(n)...

Nuremberg: Paul Furst; 1664

Rare First edition of this classic and finely engraved work on techniques for handling the musket and pike, based on the 1620 Peter Isselburg (Simon Halbmayer) edition.


Text printed in French and in German.

Illustrated with an engraved pictorial title-page, 38 engraved plates (each depicting two figures, numbered 1-44 and 1-32),
in-text woodcut diagram, and woodcut head- and tail-pieces.

Total 50 leaves (100 pages)

Three-quarter brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards,
spine lettered in gilt


illustrated book-plate of Hans Sterzel on front paste-down, and with his ownership ink stamp on front free endpaper, verso of title-page, recto first text leaf, and bottom recto of final text leaf;

illustrated book-plate of Henk Visser on front free endpaper;

another illustrated book-plate on front paste-down;

Period manuscript on title-page,
small repair at bottom of verso of same;

light  dampstaining along edges of most leaves;
some gutters strengthened;

scattered pencil marginalia;

small repair bottom edge B4r and K2v; bottom corner of final text leaf repaired.

-Lipperheide 2061; VD17 23:277518K; Not in Cockle-

RBH locates only one other copy at auction, while OCLC locates no institutional copies in America (locating about five copies, all in Germany or Denmark).

Size 6 by 7.5 inches
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