1627 Soldiers Grammar 1ed
Markham
WAR Battle Formation Weapons Military Tactics
Gervase Markham, a 17th-century English poet, was a
well-known horse trainer and breeder. However, aside from his poems and books
on horses, Markham published a military training manual for soldiers – ‘The Soldiers Grammar’. This work
provided instructions for soldiers and officers alike with specific direction
given on:
·
Military surgeons
and medical operations
·
Drummers and
musicians in military bands
·
Directions for
quarter-masters
·
Army treasurers on
finances
·
Politics of battle
·
Battle formation –
varieties and shapes, purposes
o The windmill battle formation for 50,000 men
and horses
·
Understanding
opinions of new soldiers and old soldiers
·
Battle ground
observations
This 1627 first edition of Markham’s “Second part of the Soldiers Grammar” is considerably valuable, much
in part to the exquisite folding plates and woodcut illustrations of battle
formations. The folding engraving depicting weapon spacing is especially
noteworthy.
Item number: #24821
Price: $2500
MARKHAM, Gervase
The second part of the soldiers grammar: or a schoole for young soldiers
Especially for all such as are called to any place, or office
London: Printed [by A. Mathewes] for Hugh Perry, 1627. First edition.
Details:
· Collation:
Complete with all pages
o
[6], 67 (i.e., 59), [1]
· References:
STC 17392
o Printer’s name from STC
o only 2 recorded copies of this work according to STC
· Language:
English
· Binding: Leather;
tight and secure
· Size: ~7.25in X 5.25in (18.5cm x 13cm)
· EXCEEDINGLY RARE and
desirable
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