MELZO, Lodovico - Reigles militaires du Chevalier Frère Luys - Lot 193

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MELZO, Lodovico - Reigles militaires du Chevalier Frère Luys - Lot 193
MELZO, Lodovico - Reigles militaires du Chevalier Frère Luys Melzo, de l'Ordre de Malte sur le gouvernement et service particulier et propre de la cavallerie. Translated from Italian into French by Paul Varroy. Antwerp, Impr. of Guerard Wolsschaft, 1615. folio, typographical title, engraved title, (4) ff, 210 pp, (1) f.), 10 double-page plates and 6 folding plates, numerous browned leaves, several light spotting, typ. title doubled, brown marbled calf, spine with ornate nerves, hinges worn, no headpieces, corners dull. MENNESSIER DE LA LANCE II, 181. First French edition ''much rarer than the Italian original'': Regole militari sopra il gouvernance et servitio particolare della cavalleria, Antwerp, 1611. It is dedicated by the translator to Charles of Gonzaga. Melzo (1567-1617), Italian general in the service of Spain took part in the wars of the Netherlands and France at the end of the XVI and the beginning of the XVII century. He is among the first authors who gave rules for the instruction, the tactics and the use of the cavalry. The first plates give details of equipment and armament of the rider and the following ones of cavalry views animated by a crowd of small characters and representing actions, fights, ambushes, marches, camps, etc.''
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