Military tactics and training, 10 volumes in English, 1664-1694

MILITARY TACTICS AND TRAINING

A collection of ten seventeenth-century works in English, 8vo and 12mo, comprising:

i. Boteler, N. War practically perform’d. London: pr. for Thomas, 1664, modern boards

ii. [Harford, Robert] English military discipline. London: Harford, 1680, 19 engraved plates (but without the frontispiece found in other copies - composition of plates in copies of this work seems to vary), modern wrappers

iii. An abridgment of the English military discipline. London: Bill, Hills and Newcomb, 1684, folding woodcut plate, contemporary calf, 2 wormholes in text, rebacked

iv. another copy, 1686, modern paper wrappers

v. Morains, F. de. The perfect major. London: Griffin, 1686, contemporary sheep, purchased from Pickering & Chatto, 6 March 1900, 12s, worn

vi. The soldier's guide. London: Tooke and Tonson, 1686, contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed, spine worn

vii. S., Capt. J. Military discipline or the art of war. London: Morden at the Atlas, n.d. [?c.1686-1688], engraved frontispiece and 19 plates, contemporary calf, somewhat soiled and stained, frontispiece pasted to upper cover, some wear to binding, [not in ESTC, but cf. R23605 and R202228]

viii. The perfection of military discipline... second edition. London: Wild for Boddington, 1691, 2 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf, very minor worming and cropping affecting a few letters

ix. [Moxon, Joseph] An epitome of the whole art of war. London: Moxon, 1692, 18 engraved plates, modern half calf, browned

x. Rohan, H., duc de. The compleat captain. London: Briscoe, 1694, contemporary calf, rebacked

LITERATURE:

ESTC R213128; R9992; R200456; R9769; R217864; R2509; - ; R220504; R217907; R3985