Military & maritine [sic] discipline : in three books· Book I. Military observations or tacticks put into practice for the exercise of horse and foot; ... By Captain Thomas Venn. Book II. An exact method of military architecture, the art of fortifying towns; ... Rendred into English by John Lacey, out of the works of the late learned mathematician Andrew Tacquet. Together with corrections made by the Count de Pag'an and Sr Sam. Moreland's Methods of delineating all manner of fortifications. Book III. The compleat gunner in three parts, ... Translated out of Casimir, Diego, Ussano and Hexam, &c. To which is added the Doctrine of projects applied to gunnery by Galilaeus and Torricellio. And observations out of Mersennus and other authors.
1672
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Military & maritine [sic] discipline : in three books· Book I. Military observations or tacticks put into practice for the exercise of horse and foot; ... By Captain Thomas Venn. Book II. An exact method of military architecture, the art of fortifying towns; ... Rendred into English by John Lacey, out of the works of the late learned mathematician Andrew Tacquet. Together with corrections made by the Count de Pag'an and Sr Sam. Moreland's Methods of delineating all manner of fortifications. Book III. The compleat gunner in three parts, ... Translated out of Casimir, Diego, Ussano and Hexam, &c. To which is added the Doctrine of projects applied to gunnery by Galilaeus and Torricellio. And observations out of Mersennus and other authors.
Created/published
London : Printed by E. Tyler and R. Holt for Rob. Pawlet at the Bible in Chancery Lane, Tho. Passinger at the three Bibles on London Bridge, and Benj. Harlock over against Saint Magnus Church, 1672.
Description
[18], 206, [6], 68, [4], 88, 25, [3], 4, 3-25, [3], 63-75, [5] p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., diagrams, tables ; (fol.)
Associated name
Venn, Thomas.
Note
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.
With two final leaves of advertisements.
"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", on leaves ²2P1r and ²2[R]1r, respectively.
"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.
Signatures: pi1 A² a-c² B-3G², ²[A]² B-2Q² [2R-2S]²; ³A² 3B-4G², 5A-5G², 4Q-4T² *².
"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.
With two final leaves of advertisements.
"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", on leaves ²2P1r and ²2[R]1r, respectively.
"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.
Signatures: pi1 A² a-c² B-3G², ²[A]² B-2Q² [2R-2S]²; ³A² 3B-4G², 5A-5G², 4Q-4T² *².
ESTC staff note
Signatures and advertisements from DFo.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), V192
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R25827
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R25827
Linked resources
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library 141- 009f: "Marks in Manuals", The Collation (16 April 2020)
Genre/form
Booksellers' advertisements.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
141- 009f
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: lacking leaf ²2Q1. Manuscript shelf-mark. Leaf A1 bound after c2. Provenance: purchased by Robinson, 9 July 1953
Call number
265182 (folio)
Folger-specific note
This copy has not yet been cataloged. The description may contain incorrect information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance. Gift of Woodruff M. Price in memory of Allan Murray Price.
Call number
FAST ACC 271761 (folio)
Folger-specific note
From dealer's description: "Military & maritine [sic] discipline in three books... To which is added the doctrine of projects applied to Gunnery by Galilaeus and Torricellio. London: E. Tyler and R. Holt, for Robert Pawlet, Tho. Passinger, and Benjamin Hurlock, 1672 3 parts in one volume, small folio (290 x 197mm.), general title page in red and black, 2 engraved frontispieces (for books I and II), 12 folding engraved plates, engraved table, engraved illustrations (2 full-page), woodcut diagrams, with scattered early manuscript notes throughout almost certainly by John Hope of Hopetoun and three additional pages of notes in the same hand on front and rear endpapers, dated London, 9 May 1674 and Tyninghame, 26 October, 10 November and 16 November 1675, contemporary mottled calf, speckled blue edges, some minor staining and browning throughout, joints partially cracked [with, loosely inserted:] The French Way of Exercizing the Infantry. London: Dorman Newman, 1672, [Wing F2196D], 10pp., sewn without wrappers, previously attached by seals inside the lower cover (seal bearing arms of Hope of Hopetoun) A FINE COPY WITH DISTINGUISHED PROVENANCE DATING BACK TO WITHIN TWO YEARS OF PUBLICATION. The three parts of this work deal with exercise of horse and foot, military architecture and fortification (translated from Tacquet and Pagan by Morland), and gunnery. LITERATURE: Riling 160; Spaulding & Karpinski 169; Wing V192 PROVENANCE: John Hope of Hopetoun, his working copy (dated from Tyninghame, ancestral home of his wife Margaret, daughter of the 4th Earl of Haddington) with purchase note ("at London this 9 May 1674"); thence by descent to the Earls of Hopetoun (armorial bookplate); sold from the Hopetoun Estate Company by order of the Marquess of Linlithgow, Sotheby's, 21 October 1957, lot 312" Ordered from:Christopher Edwards, D9269, 2019-11-19 at Sotheby's Auction "The Cottesloe Military Library", November 19, 2019, Lot 447
Folger accession
271761