Civil War, three works by Stone, Peake and Du Praissac, 1642-1646

CIVIL WAR, ENGLAND

A collection of three volumes, 8vo, comprising:

i. [Stone, Nicholas] Enchiridion of fortification... never before imprinted. London: M.F. for Royston, [1645], engraved additional title and 20 double-page plates, old calf, [ESTC R9410], rebacked

ii. [Peake, Humphrey] Meditations upon a seige (sic). By H.P. [Oxford: Henry Hall], 1646, contemporary calf, [ESTC R216916 (4 copies)], slightly rubbed, head of spine repaired

iii. [Du Praissac, sieur] The art of warre [translated by John Cruso]. Cambridge: Daniel, 1642, 2 parts in one, woodcut plate at p.156, numerous woodcuts in text, early nineteenth-century calf, invoice from Henry Young & Sons at end addressed to Viscount Dillon, dated 9 September 1912, £1-5s, [ESTC R204361], lacks O1 (title to part 2), lacking a frontispiece