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Direct facsimilie of the 1632 edition. This manual on the organisation and use of cavalry, quartermasters, officers, trumpeters, scouts, spies and fighting men of all grades.
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During the civil wars that rent England apart in the years 1642-51, there was in print only one English-language manual on the organisation of the cavalry, and this is that book. Employed by Parliamentarians and Royalists alike, John Cruso's Militarie Instructions for the Cavallrie - published in 1632 - is both a crucial historical document and a valuable repository of tactical good sense. As Cruso writes in his address to the reader, 'Of making many books there is no end, said the wise king, many ages past; yet for some arts and faculties, I suppose (even in this printing age of ours) we may complain of scarcitie. For among so many authors ancient and modern, which have written of the Art Militarie, is it not strange that hardly any hath fully handled that which concerneth the Cavallrie?' In redressing this absence, Cruso's guide extends to every conceivable aspect of cavalry management, be it the most efficient way to assail a quarter - 'charge him on the reare or on the flanks: if there be any negligence in the quarter, it is likely to be on those parts' - or the nature of officers: 'Men would be Captains before they be soldiers.And hereof the chief cause is ignorance, the fruitfull mother of all errours.' Illuminating the text are twenty pages of detailed contemporary line drawings, which give a fascinating insight into seventeenth-century arms and formations. Militarie Instructions is a milestone in the development of cavalry tactics. Moreover, it is a highly informative and entertaining work through which the engaging personality of the author shines through.
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- PublisherImprint unknown
- Publication date1972
- ISBN 10 0900093242
- ISBN 13 9780900093241
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages136
- EditorYoung Peter
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Book Description Limited Edition. Hardbound in (faux?) brown leather, 31.5 x 22.5cm, 108pp. Boards clean but bottom 3cm of spine chewed by a dog! Contents very good. No dustjacket. Extra postage outside the UK. Explanatory notes & commentary by Brigadier Peter Young. Ltd. edn. being no. 241/1000. Hardbound in (faux?) brown leather, 31.5 x 22.5cm, 108pp. Boards clean but bottom 3cm of spine chewed by a dog! Contents very good. No dustjacket. Extra postage outside the UK. Seller Inventory # 22736
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Book Description HARDCOVER. 1st Edition Thus. Large heavy 4to. in full faux leather, gilt lettering to spine and gilt lining to front cover, xxviii + x + 108pp, colour plates (hors-text), map, illustrations in text, some folding etc. and collated complete. No. 519 of 1,000 copies made CONDITION: A well preserved FINE very clean and tight unmarked copy still close to new ] ._ ._We Ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS. Seller Inventory # TH223154
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Book Description Condition: Very Good. First edition thus. Hardback. Limited edition of 1000 signed by the editor. Facsimile of the 1632 edition with Explanatory Notes and A Commentary. Quarto. Original leather-effect covers with one slight chip at upper spine hinge otherwise near fine. No dust jacket. Seller Inventory # C203016
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