79/2999 [Militaria]. Gheyn, J. de. Waffenhandlung von den Rören, Musquetten, undt Spiessen. The Hague, n.publ., 1608, engr. allegorical title, introd. text leaf and three series of 42/ 43/ 32 plates, each series w. (4) accomp. textp., contemp. vellum, folio, in custom made gillettered drop back box.

- Most plates (sl.) yellowed; occas. sl. browned; fingersoiled; title-p. sl. frayed; partly waterst. in upper inner margin; 1 plate (3rd series, no.3) dam./ cracking; bookplate (of Henk Visser) on upper pastedown. Vellum sl. stained and lacks ties.

= Hollstein 340b and 341-457; cf. Cockle 79 (English ed., 1607); cf. Lipperheide Qb18 (Dutch ed. 1607); Jähns p.1005ff. The famous manual on handling muskets and pikes by Jacob de Gheyn (1565-1629). For the complex history of publication of the various (Dutch, German, English, French and Danish) editions in the years 1607-1608, see catalogue Le héraut du dix-septième siècle. Dessins et gravures de Jacques de Gheyn II et III, no.37 (Paris, Institut Néerlandais, 1985, with literature). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXIV.