Fleming, Der vollkommene Teutsche Soldat, Leipzig, 1726, contemporary vellum

FLEMING, HANNS FRIEDRICH VON

Der Vollkommene Teutsche Soldat, welcher Die gantze Kriegs-Wissenschaft, insonderheit was bey der Infanterie vorkommt. Leipzig: Johann Christian Martini, 1726

FIRST EDITION, folio (343 x 207mm.), 63 engraved plates, mainly double-page, including additional title and portrait of the author by Pingeling, plates numbered A-3R (listed at end), vignettes, title printed in red and black, contemporary vellum, manuscript titles to spine, new front pastedown and flyleaf, light browning, tear to half title repaired

LITERATURE:

Stabikat (Berlin): 2" Hv 19360; not found in VD18

PROVENANCE:

purchased from E. Parsons, London, 28 October 1922, £4-4s