Hexham, Principles of the art military, second edition newly corrected and amended, Delft, 1642-1643

HEXHAM, HENRY

The principles of the art military, second edition newly corrected and amended, three parts plus appendix, comprising: 

i. The first part of the principles of the art military, practised in the warres of the United Netherlands (Briefe instructions of the duties of a horseman...). Delft, 1642, numerous engravings, lacking volvelles

ii. The second part... Consisting of the severall formes of battels... Together with the order and forme of quartering, encamping, and approching, in a warre offensive and defensive. Delft: Antony of Heusden, 1642, 20 double-page engraved plates

iii. The third part... Treating of severall peeces of ordnance, carriages, engines, quadrants, morters, petards, as also instructions for master-gunners, and canoniers, with divers instruments and materials belonging to a warre with their severall uses and practises... Rotterdam: James Moxon, 1643, one double-page and 2 single-page engraved plates, numerous engravings, without I2 and M2 as usual, a few small wormholes

iv. An appendix of the lawes, articles, & ordinances, established for marshall discipline, in the United Provinces, under the commaund of his Highnesse the Prince of Orange... translated out of Dutch... by... Henry Hexham. The Hague: Isaac Burchoorn, 1643

4 parts in one volume, folio (346 x 212mm.), eighteenth-century half morocco, marbled endpapers, a few tears, binding slightly rubbed 

LITERATURE:

ESTC R11968, R18347, R26057 & R231620; Wing H1652, H1654, H1655 & A3572

PROVENANCE:

Henry Edward Bunbury, armorial bookplate; Thomas Francis Fremantle, armorial bookplate, purchased from Pickering & Chatto, 30 November 1898, £6

Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, seventh baronet (1778–1860) was a British military historian and soldier, serving in the army from 1795-1809. His most notable services were in the 1799 Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland and the 1801 Egyptian campaign. His library was sold in 1896.