Fronsperger - Fünff Bücher Vonn Kriegs Regiment und Ordnung, 1558 - Old prints, rare books and bibliophile books for sale

Author: Fronsperger, Leonhard

other author: Solis, Virgil

Publisher: Zöpfel, David

Published: Frankfurt am Main

Publishing year: 2558

Fronsperger, Leonhard. "Fünff Bücher Vonn Kriegs Regiment und Ordnung ...". Frankfurt am Main: Zöpfel, 1558. Fol. (6), 131 leaves. With a total of 20 old hand-coloured (!!!) woodcut illustrations (some of which are repeated) after drawings by Virgil Solis. 18th-century half-leather binding with a title label and rich gilding on the spine.

 Second edition of one of the most significant treatises on warfare and military history of the 16th century (first published in 1555). – Seventeen leaves with a small old repaired tears along the bottom margin (not affecting the text). Otherwise well preserved.