Venn Captain Thomas (2 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback, decorative blind-stamped full-calf, spine relaid, new end-papers. Gilt edges. Pp. [14], 206, [5], 68, [3], 88, 25, [2], 25, [1], 62-75. Engraved title, 2 copies of frontis, 14 full-page plates and numerous illustrations within the text. Decorative head pieces and initials also. 1st edition 1672. Binding a little rubbed and worn. A little foxing to contents, with some light damp staining to margins of first three leaves (the two frontis' and engraved title), otherwise contents generally clean. Scarce. (r25).

1st Ed. Sm. folio. 290 x 190mm. [18], 206, [6], 68, [4], 88, 25, [1], [4], 3-25, [3], 63-75, [1] p. Additional engraved title page, printed title page in red and black, decorative headpieces and initial letters, 16 leaves of plates including 11 folding (frontis. supplied in duplicate), text diagrams and woodcuts. Last leaf reinforced along fore-edge, signatures O2 and Hhh2 lacking leading corner, some browning and soiling, occasional ink staining, very minor marginal worming to signatures Ggg-Ff, some restoration work to head of frontis. and additional engraved title page, occasional textual repairs, modern e.ps., old mottled calf boards, minor wear and marking, rebacked in modern speckled calf with gilt lettered title label. Wing V192; ESTC R25827. 'General title page in red and black. "Military observations" has separate dated title page on leaf A1r.; "The art of drilling" has separate dated title page, with imprint "London, printed 1672", on leaf H2r.; Leaf p2s2Q1 is blank on recto, engraved on verso.; "Military architecture" has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by S. Simmons, for Robert Pawlet, Thomas Passenger, and Benjamin Hurlock"; pagination begins with quire 2B. "A new, exact, and most expeditious method of delineating all manner of fortifications" and "The Count of Pagan's method of delineating all manner of fortifications" each have separate dated title page, with imprint "London, printed in the year 1672 ." "The compleat gunner," has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed for Rob. Pawlet, Tho. Passinger, and Benj. Hurlock"; pagination begins with quire 3B; "The compleat gunner the third part" (caption title) begins new pagination with quire 4A.; "The doctrine of projects applyed to gunnery." has separate dated title page, with imprint "London, printed in the year 1672"; pagination begins with quire 5A.';' Published just after the Restoration of Charles II, when the modern Army was in its infancy, Thomas Venn's Military and Maritime Discipline is a classic manual of the military arts. It contains tactics and manoeuvres proscribed for both Horse and Foot. There are directions for officers, drill, all that the 'Complete Gunner' needs to know, and advice on fortifications and siege works. US$3317.