Garrard, The Arte of Warre, London, 1591, vellum

GARRARD, WILLIAM

The arte of warre. Beeing the onely rare booke of myllitarie profession: drawne out of all our late and forraine services. London: Roger Warde, 1591 

FIRST EDITION, 4to (185 x 140mm.), black letter, errata leaf at the beginning, 7 folding plates, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, contemporary vellum, some neat repairs to tears on folding plates, some minor staining and spotting, slight soiling to covers

RARE AT AUCTION AND WITH ALL THE FOLDING PLATES. As noted by ESTC, and as the case in the present copy, leaf L4 is cancelled, with a corresponding gap in pagination, but the text is continuous. Garrard coined the phrase "loop-hole" in this work, in relation to the building of a fortification.

Garrard was a veteran of the Dutch wars, and after his death in 1587 this work was completed and published by Robert Hitchcock, who added an appendix on logistics.

LITERATURE:

Cockle 54; ESTC S105703; STC 11625