Regole militari del Cavalier Melzo sopra il governo e servitio della cavalleria

Regole militari del Cavalier Melzo sopra il governo e servitio della cavalleria

Regole militari sopra il governo e servitio particolare della cavalleria

[1st ed.]

In Anversa : Appresso Gioachimo Trognæsio, 1611.

[12], 221, [3] p., XVI [i.e. 15] double leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill. ; 31 cm. (fol.)

L2001F81 1626

(OCoLC)13602989

Title engraved.
Half title: Regole militari sopra il governo e servitio particolare della cavalleria di Fr. Lodovico Melzo ...
Imprint on colophon: Antuerpiæ Apud Ioachimum Trognæsium, 1611.
Signatures: *6 A-S6 T4.
Plates no. XIIII, XV appear on one plate.
Treatise on cavalry tactics; the author, a general in the Spanish service, and a Maltese Knight, gives rules and regulations for the proper organization of cavalry formation; also including the treatment of light cavalry for small operations of war; detailed instructions as to ranks, setting up of guards, quarters, marching and combat orders with references to his own military experiences in the Flemish campaigns.
Illustrations depict different types of cavalry: dragoons, lancers, and cuirassiers, foraging, preparing to ambush, attacking, parading, etc.
Library has another copy (L2001F81 1626) (missing p. 1-60 & plates no. I-III & bound with: Obsidio Bredana armis Philippi IIII auspiciis Isabellæ ductu Ambr. Spinolæ perfecta, 1626).

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