An image from a 17th-century military drill manual depicting techniques for handling muskets and pikes.

Gheyn II, Jacques (Jacob) de

Wapenhandelinghe van Roers, Musquetten ende Spiessen; Plate 4 from The Exercise of Arms

Amsterdam: 1607. Engraving on cream laid paper with an trefoil and sword watermark, 10 x 7 1/4 inches (254 x 184 mm); sheet 12 x 8 inches (305 x 204 mm), unevenly trimmed narrow to wide margins. Uniform toning and scattered light spots of discoloration, all consistent with age.

From the ground-breaking military instruction manual commissioned by Maurits of Nassau, Prince of Orange, to standardize drill movements for the Dutch army during the Eighty Years' War.

Item number: 2473

Price: $400.00

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