Gheyn, Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende Spiessen, Amsterdam, 1608, later vellum

GHEYN, JACQUES DE

Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende Spiessen. Amsterdam: Robert de Baudous, 1608

folio (374 x 246mm.), engraved decorative title, 117 engraved plates, later full vellum with ties, some browning, some spotting and waterstaining, some plates creased at centre or with paper flaws, some plates with lines of browning at centre, one plate remargined, occasional repairs

Described by Spaulding & Karpinski as "a magnificent collection of plates".

LITERATURE:

Spaulding & Karpinski 80

PROVENANCE:

F.C. Koch, booklabel