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The arte of vvarre : beeing the onely rare bookedBeeing the onely rare booke of myllitarie profession : drawne out of all our late and forraine seruices

Arte of Warre.

At London : Printed for Roger Warde ..., Anno. 1591.

[10], 368 [i.e. 366] p., [7] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. (4to)

L2004F83 1591

(OCoLC)55044996

Dedication signed: Thomas Garrard; "to the reader" signed: 1590, Robert Hichcock.
"Therfore the saide Captaine Hichcocke who hath been the beene the only cause of printing this booke of warre ... doth thinke it goode, to ioyne to the same worke, this short discourse, which declareth what proportion of victuals must be prouided by Her Maiesties victualers ..."--Cf. p. 353.
Edited and enlarged, for the press after Garrard's death, by Robert Hitchcock, who added a short discourse at the end on provisioning a garrision for a year.
Signatures: A4 + chi1 B-K4 L4(-L4) M-2Y4 3A-3B4.
L4 is cancelled, with a corresponding gap in pagination (numbers 79-80 omitted in paging); text is continuous.
Errata: p. [1st][10]
Largely a compilation from other authors.
The folding plates should face pages: 184, 187, 188, 189, 193, 253 & 268.
Contents: Contents: The first booke of militarie directions, in the which is set out how a good souldiour, disnier, and corporall, ought to behaue themselues in warres: together with the martiall lawes of the field, and other necessarie notes and offices -- The second book of militarie directions, wherein is set downe the office of a sergeant, ensigne bearer, lieutenant, and the gentlemen of a band, how to traine, skirmish, and discouer -- The third booke of militarie directions, entreating of obervations in gouerning of bands, of squadrons and battailes, of captaines, collonels, and sergeant maiors generall -- The fourth book of militarie directions, entreating of the offices appertaining to the Generall of Horsemen, the Scout Master, and the office of the Marshall of the Field -- The fift booke of militarie directions, entreating of the great Master of Artillarie, of the Master Gunner, of generall notes of fortification, of the besieging, expugning, and defending of a fortress, &c. -- The sixt booke of militarie directions, intreating of the office of the High Treasurer, the Master of the victualles and purueyour, of the Muster Master, of the warlike counsellours, and of the generall captayne or lieutenant of an armie, &c.
Library copy: lacks errata; 6 out of 7 folded plates (remaining one facing p. 184) is loose & incomplete); leaf 2M2 right corners torn away.
Ms. inscription at foot of t.p.: Sa: Leake ...

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