A TREATISE OF THE ART OF WAR: DEDICATED TO THE KINGS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
By Boyle, Roger The Right Honourable Earl of Orrery
Original leather boards, tips worn a newer but antiquarian spine added with gilt title on a red leather panel; 5 raised bands with vertical black stripes bordered by triple black stripes. Eleven-page dedication to the King; 206pp, 6 folding plates, an engraving of Charles II mounted with military formations deployed for battle and a fleet in the background as frontis. A detailed description on the constitution and operation of an army from a commander's viewpoint based on the author's considerable ECW experience. Includes a number of references to the ancients and also considerable discussion of the actual operations of the army in the field. A very nice example. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
Published by: In the Savoy: Printed by T.N. for Henry Herringman at the Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange, London, 1677
Vendor: OLD AUTHORS BOOKSHOP
By Boyle, Roger The Right Honourable Earl of Orrery
Original leather boards, tips worn a newer but antiquarian spine added with gilt title on a red leather panel; 5 raised bands with vertical black stripes bordered by triple black stripes. Eleven-page dedication to the King; 206pp, 6 folding plates, an engraving of Charles II mounted with military formations deployed for battle and a fleet in the background as frontis. A detailed description on the constitution and operation of an army from a commander's viewpoint based on the author's considerable ECW experience. Includes a number of references to the ancients and also considerable discussion of the actual operations of the army in the field. A very nice example. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
Published by: In the Savoy: Printed by T.N. for Henry Herringman at the Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange, London, 1677
Vendor: OLD AUTHORS BOOKSHOP
