Lot 128
Warfare.- Felton (Edmond) Engins invented to save much Blood and Moneyes (in these times of Warre)..., only edition, for Thomas Underhill, 1644.
Hammer Price: £450
Description
Warfare.- Felton (Edmond) Engins invented to save much Blood and Moneyes (in these times of Warre) and to doe extraordinary good service, with the approbation of the Honourable Major Generall Skippon, and five of the Committee for the Fortifications of the City of London, 8pp., only edition, title with typographical border, stained at inner-margin and lightly browned, with two 20th century manuscript sheets of notes tipped in, modern red half calf, [Wing F660], small 4to, for Thomas Underhill, 1644.
⁂ Rare description of the author's "engin for warre, which will keep the horse from the foot, and secure the musketeers from all shot out of ordnance and much secure them from small shot out of ordnance. . . ". It seems, though, that the Parliamentary military authorities failed to authorise it. Felton was the brother of John Felton who assassinated the Duke of Buckingham in 1628. ESTC locates only 3 UK copies (BL, Bodleian, Trinity College Dublin) and 2 more in America (Folger and Huntington).
Description
Warfare.- Felton (Edmond) Engins invented to save much Blood and Moneyes (in these times of Warre) and to doe extraordinary good service, with the approbation of the Honourable Major Generall Skippon, and five of the Committee for the Fortifications of the City of London, 8pp., only edition, title with typographical border, stained at inner-margin and lightly browned, with two 20th century manuscript sheets of notes tipped in, modern red half calf, [Wing F660], small 4to, for Thomas Underhill, 1644.
⁂ Rare description of the author's "engin for warre, which will keep the horse from the foot, and secure the musketeers from all shot out of ordnance and much secure them from small shot out of ordnance. . . ". It seems, though, that the Parliamentary military authorities failed to authorise it. Felton was the brother of John Felton who assassinated the Duke of Buckingham in 1628. ESTC locates only 3 UK copies (BL, Bodleian, Trinity College Dublin) and 2 more in America (Folger and Huntington).