German works on war, artillery and fortification, 10 volumes

GERMAN MILITARY WORKS

A collection of ten volumes on war, artillery and fortification, comprising:

i. Buechsenmeisterey. Geschoss, buechsen, pulver, kugeln, salpeter, feurwerck und pfeil. Frankfurt: Christian Egenolff’s heirs, 1582, title printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations, old vellum, purchased from Sotheran's, December 1936, [USTC 615040], lower cover detached, stained

ii. Besatzung. Ein kurtzer bericht, wie Stätt, Schlösser oder Flecken, mit kriegs volck sollen besetzt sein, daß sie sich vor dem Feinde erhalten mögen. Frankfurt: (Feyerabend and Hüter, 1564), folio, woodcut illustrations in text, modern boards, new endpapers, Bibliothek Heinrich Stiebel, Frankfurt, bookplate, purchased from Sotheran's, December 1936, [VD16 R 940], leaf XIII and XIIII misbound, colophon repaired at foot, spotted

iii. Khevenhüller, Ludwig Andreas. Exercitium zu Pferd und zu Fuss. Vienna: Johann Paul Krauss, 1739, second edition, 4to, 20 engraved plates (10 folding), old boards, rebacked

iv. Backhausen, Wendelin. Nützliche gründliche und lustige Beschreibung deren bey der Infanterie jetziger Zeit gebräuchlichen Militärischen Exercitien. Marburg: Salomon Schadewitz, 1664, small 4to, engraving of battle scene as half-title (with German ink stamp to verso), 5 folding engraved plates, later speckled calf, purchased from H.A. Feisenberger, March 1947, £4-10s, [VD17 5119:742371P], title repaired at right margin with slight loss, spotting, slightly worn

v. Scola militaris exercitationis. Das ist Ein Schul darinnen die angehende Soldaten zu Fuss. Cologne: Wilhelm Lützenkirchen, 1619, woodcut illustrations in text, modern boards, new endpapers, [VD17 14:687493E], Hans Sterzel, ink stamps and bookplate, possibly lacking 2 preliminary leaves, browning

vi. Abhandlung über die von des Königs Majestät von Preussen. Weisensee: Hässler, 1830, folding engraved plate [bound with] Erklärung der die patentirten Zundnadelgewehre, folding engraved plate, tall 8vo, original marbled wrappers, minor spotting

vii. Lavater, Hans Conrad. Kriegsbüchlein: das ist grundliche Anleitung zum Kriegswesen. Zurich, 1667, small 4to, engraved half-title, 11 engraved plates (mostly folding), old panelled vellum, German library label, [VD17 23:313630G], occasional dampstaining, some plates becoming detached, some plates and half-title trimmed, front hinge broken, soiled

viii. Ott von Echterdingen, Michael. Kriegs Ordnung New Gemacht. [Simmern: Rodler, 1534], folio, large engraving in text, modern calf-backed boards, new endpapers, [VD16 O 1453], browning

ix. La Fontaine. Die Kriegs-Lehr oder der vollkommene General. Frankfurt: Wilhelm Serlin and Drullman, 1672, 12mo, 8 folding engraved plates, woodcut illustrations in text, text in German and French, old vellum, [VD17 12:649436K], bookplate on verso of title, vellum slightly soiled

x. Trew, Abdias. Compendium Fortificationis. Nuremberg: Jeremias Dümler, 1641, 12mo, additional engraved title, 19 (of 25) engraved plates, some folding and/or shorter than leaves, [VD17 23:631754L], occasional manuscript annotations, binding of a leaf from an antiphonal on vellum over boards, purchased from H.A. Feisenberger, 21 May 1949, £2-2s, lacking 6 plates, C8 with loss and repair to foot of page, minor browning and spotting, vellum soiled

together 10 volumes