The celebrated Dutch artist Jacob de Gheyn (1565-1625) put his considerable talents to work in this 1608 masterpiece, one of the earliest and most famous manual
The period 1603-1645 witnessed the publication of more than ninety books, manuals, and broadsheets dedicated to educating Englishmen in the military arts. Writt
1607 masterpiece features 117 handsome copper engravings illustrating the handling of muskets, calivers, pikes. Meticulous portrait of 17th-century Dutch unifor