Military discipline, or, The yong [sic] artillery man : wherein is discoursed and showne the postures both of musket and pike the exactest way, & c. : together with the exercise of the foot in their motions ... whereunto is also added the beneficial use of the half-pike joyned with the musket : with the way to draw up the Swedish Brigade ..

Military discipline, or, The yong [sic] artillery man : wherein is discoursed and showne the postures both of musket and pike the exactest way, & c. : together with the exercise of the foot in their motions ... whereunto is also added the beneficial use of the half-pike joyned with the musket : with the way to draw up the Swedish Brigade ..

Yong [sic] artillery man

Second edition, newly revised and much inlarged [sic].

London Printed by R. O. for Ralph Mab 1639

[32], 200, 193-368, 335-377, [9] p., [6] leaves of plates (5 fold.) : ill., port., coat of arms ; 19 cm. (4to)

L1997F587 1639

(OCoLC)08277978

First published in 1635.
Signatures: A8 [paragraph] 4 a4 B8 C3 [2nd] C8 (-C1) D-N8 n4 O-Z8 *8 2A-2B8 2C6 2D4.
Leaves 2B8, v2C3, r2C5 and v2C6 blank.
Leaf n3 missigned n5.
The text was used as the basis for one of the first military books printed in America: Nicholas Boone's Military discipline--Cf. J. R. Riling. The art and science of war in America 1690-1800, p. 2.
Woodcut coat of arms of the Artillery Company with motto (Arma Pacis Fulcra) on first leaf; Portrait of William Barriffe by George Glover on frontispiece.
Includes bibliographical references.
Ms. incription on t.p.: Vere Fane; bookplate: [No.] 163, Henrici Yates Thompson, May 1892.

Cockle 133
STC 1507

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