German military works, by Wintzenberger (1588), Böckler (1674) and Vogel (1756), 3 volumes

GERMAN MILITARY WORKS

A collection of three volumes, comprising:

i. Wintzenberger, Daniel. Beschreibung einer Kriegs-Ordnung zu rosz und fuesz sampt der artalerey und zugehörigen munition... (Dresden: Gimel Bergen, 1588), 4to, woodcut armorial on title-page, woodcut illustrations, woodcut printer's device above colophon, modern buckram, purchased from Sotheran's, December 1936, [VD16 W 3555, listing 2 copies only, in Munich and Leipzig; USTC also records one in St Petersburg], slight staining

ii. Böckler, Georg Andreas. Schola militaris moderna oder Neu vermehrte Kriegs-Schule. Jena: Samuel Krebs for the heirs of Thomas Matthias Goetze in Frankfurt, 1674, 8vo, additional engraved title-page, 58 engraved plates (one double-page, 6 folding), contemporary vellum, armorial bookplate of Ignaz Dominik graf von Chorinsky (1729-1792), purchased from Sotheran's, December 1936, [VD17 39:120556W], small rust hole on Q2

iii. Vogel, Heinrich. Kurzer Unterricht in der Artillerie-Wissenschaft [third edition]. Zurich: David Gessner, 1756, 8vo, 11 folding engraved plates, carta rustica, without blank b4, bookplate of Thomas Francis Fremantle

together 3 volumes

The work by Wintzenberger is rare; we have not found any sale records for this work. Böckler is better known for his works on architecture and machines; his military manual contains an appendix with explanations of military terminology.