THE EXERCISE OF ARMES

Facsimilie of 1607 edition, with commentary by J.B. Krist

1971

Facsimile Edition

By: Jacob de Gheyn

McGraw-Hill [New York]

folio (117 black and white plates reproducing 17th-century etchings)

Hardcover (without Dust Jacket) [Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering]

Item Number: 5029

$150.00

Description

This is a very good copy of the Facsimile reprint edition of this Dutch classic military manual for the exercise of arms, originally published in 1607, without dust jacket. An illustrated softcover booklet containing commentary by J.B. Krist, a military historian in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, is inserted into a back pocket.