Lot 123
Military.- Rohan (Henri, Duc de) The Complete Captain, or, An Abbridgement of Cesars Warres...and a Particular Treatise of Modern War, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, Cambridge, Roger Daniel, 1640.
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Military.- Rohan (Henri, Duc de) The Complete Captain, or, An Abbridgement of Cesars Warres...and a Particular Treatise of Modern War, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, translated by John Cruso, title printed in red and black within typographic border, woodcut initials, headpieces and diagrams, ink ownership name of W. Bodenham to front free endpaper, small stain to title, A3 short tear into printed side-note without loss, M2 small paper-flaw within text affecting few letters, occasional ink underlining and few instances of annotation in an early hand, some light browning, contemporary sheep, rebacked, spine head and corners worn, [STC 4338], 8vo, Cambridge, Roger Daniel, Printer to the Universitie, 1640.
⁂ An application of the tactics of Caesar to modern warfare, first published in France in 1631.
Description
Military.- Rohan (Henri, Duc de) The Complete Captain, or, An Abbridgement of Cesars Warres...and a Particular Treatise of Modern War, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, translated by John Cruso, title printed in red and black within typographic border, woodcut initials, headpieces and diagrams, ink ownership name of W. Bodenham to front free endpaper, small stain to title, A3 short tear into printed side-note without loss, M2 small paper-flaw within text affecting few letters, occasional ink underlining and few instances of annotation in an early hand, some light browning, contemporary sheep, rebacked, spine head and corners worn, [STC 4338], 8vo, Cambridge, Roger Daniel, Printer to the Universitie, 1640.
⁂ An application of the tactics of Caesar to modern warfare, first published in France in 1631.
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