Lotto 3301

[Militaria]. Boxel, J.

Exercitie Memorie van de Compagnie Guardes van de Ed: Groot Mog: Heeren Staten van Hollandt en West-Vrieslandt. Bestaende in 't Exerceren van 't Musquet, Spies, ende de Generale Exercitie. The Hague, N. van Coevenhoven, (1669), 2 parts in 1 vol., (52),11p., 2 different engr. title-pages and 82 plates, contemp. sprinkled calf w. gilt coat of arms of R.(?) von Ilten on frontcover.

Lotto: 3301
Asta: Auction 80, 13-17 May 2024
Sezione: OLD and RARE BOOKS
Stima: 800 € – 1.000 €
Aggiudicato: 900 €
Foto: 2 foto

Condizioni

Partly (sl.) foxed; a few leaves sl. soiled in lower or outer margin; crossed-out owner's entries on title-p. of "R.[?] von Ilten" and Christian Rettberg (dated "1673"), and on upper endpaper ("L. von Löw" and "Leo von Weiher"); first blank loose. Top of spine sl. chipped; corners and foot of spine sl. worn; extremities of both covers rubbed.

Note

Cf. Sloos 05014 and cf. 05016; Kossmann, Boekhandel te 's Gravenhage p.72-73. Interesting copy: the first engraved title-p. differing from Sloos 05014 (our copy reads: "Particuliere Exercitie Memorie (...)" instead of "Memorie der Particuliere Exercitie") and the printed title also different from Sloos 05014 (which begins with the words "Vertoogh Van de Kryghs-oeffeninge (...)"). A similar difference is to be observed on the second engr. title (our copy: "Generale Exercitie memorie (...)" instead of "Memorie der Generale Exercitie (...)"). Contrary to Sloos, our copy has no printed title to the second part. Extremely rare (variant) first edition of this Dutch military manual. The plates depicting the individual use of muskets and pikes and the drilling of companies. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXIX.