LEADER 03517nam 2200481 n 450 001 996385737703316 005 20200824121235.0 035 $a(CKB)4940000000071891 035 $a(EEBO)2248537949 035 $a(UnM)99851677_16966e 035 $a(UnM)99851677_16966 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000071891 100 $a19920409d1608 uy | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn||||a|bb| 200 04$aThe exercise of armes for caliures, muskettes, and pikes$b[electronic resource] $eAfter the ordre of his Excellence. Maurits Prince of Orange Counte of Nassau etc. gouernour and captaine generall. ouer Geldreland. Holland, Zeeland, Vtrecht. Overyssel. etc. Sett forthe in figures. by Iacob de Gheyn. With written instructions. for the service of all captaines and comaundours. For to shewe hereout the better vnto their jong or vntrayned souldiers the playne and perfett maner to handle these armes 210 $a[Amsterdam and/or the Hage] $cThey are toe bye at Amsterdam by Robert de Baudous. 1608 Printed at the Hage. With priviledge of the Emperours Matie. the King of Fraunce, and the noble and mightye Estates General of the vnited Provinces$d[1608] 215 $a[14] p., 42, 43, 32 plates 300 $aA translation of: Gheyn, Jacob de. Wapen-handelinghe van roers, musquetten, en spiessen. 300 $aThe title page is engraved, with compartments left blank for three English pasted-on engraved labels: (1) arms of Henry, later Prince of Wales, (2) title (see next note for variant), and (3) imprint. Title page variant 1: dated 1607. Title variant 2: dated 1608, but blank spaces now engraved with the arms of Maurice, Prince of Orange (shield with bugles and lions rampant); title in French ("Maniement d'armes d'arquebuses, mousquetz, et piques"); imprint "Imprime? a Amsterdam chez Robert de Badous .."; Latin dedication to Maurice ("Illustrissimo principi, maximo duci, Mauritio Nassauio .."), ending with "On les vend' ausi a Amsterdam chez H. Laurens". Variant 3: like variant 2, but lacking the words "On les vend' ..". 300 $aPasted-on label variant 1: lacks the line "They are toe bye ..". 300 $aThis edition has six leaves of English letterpress: dedication and preface are on pi¹; A-C¹ contain directions for the caliver and musket; D-E¹ contain directions for the pike. 300 $aPossible place(s) of publication suggested by STC. 300 $aIdentified as STC 11810a on UMI microfilm, reel 596. 300 $aThe Folger Shakespeare Library copy is imperfect; plate 21 of the second set of plates is lacking. 300 $aReproductions of the originals in the Folger Shakespeare Library and the Cambridge University Library. 300 $aAppears at reel 596 (Folger Shakespeare Library copy) and at reel 1486 (Cambridge University Library copy). 330 $aeebo-0021 517 2 $aWapen-handelinghe van roers, musquetten, en spiessen. 517 2 $aExercise of armes for calivres, muskettes, and pikes. 517 2 $aManiement d'armes d'arquebuses, mousquetz, et piques. 606 $aMilitary art and science$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aWeapons$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aArmor$vEarly works to 1800 615 0$aMilitary art and science 615 0$aWeapons 615 0$aArmor 700 $aGheyn$b Jacob de$f1565-1629.$0311054 801 0$bCu-RivES 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996385737703316 996 $aThe exercise of armes for caliures, muskettes, and pikes$92320229 997 $aUNISA