Whitehorne, Certain Waies for the orderying of Souldiers, London, 1562, modern morocco

WHITEHORNE, PETER

Certaine waies for the orderyng of souldiours in battelray... London: J. Kingston for N. Englande, 1562

small 4to (192 x 135mm.), title within woodcut border, woodcut illustrations, modern olive green morocco, all edges gilt, some woodcuts cut close or shaved, slight spotting

VERY RARE AT AUCTION. This is the second part of STC 17164, Machiavelli's The Arte of Warre translated by Whitehorne (see lot 284), with its own title as specified by STC and ESTC. Whitehorne had served in the army of Charles V in the 1550s. "The book, written with the express purpose of training the ranks to operate as a cohesive unit in the field, was also one of the first English military books to include text and diagrams depicting various infantry formations used on the continent" (Lawrence, The complete soldier, p. 37).

LITERATURE:

Cockle 13; ESTC S111854; STC 17164