DILICH, WILHELM.

Krieges=Schule, worinnen die alten Römer und Griechen zu Wasser und Land geführten... Generals=Personen... Ammirale, Schiffs-Capitaine.... Artillerie=Büschen=Meisterey=Verwandte, und Feuer=Wercker... Commissarien, Munition=Proviant... (etc. etc.). 2 Theile.

Franckfurt am Main, Johann Philipp Andreae,1689. Folio. (33 x 21 cm.). Contemp. full vellum. Light scratching to backcover. Stamps on title-page. Engraved title-page and printed title-page in red and black. 2 engraved part-titles. (6),494,(6);410,889 pp. 128 engraved plates, more than 300 textillustrations in woodcut and more than 20 engraved textillustrations. Internally clean and fine.

Dilich's book of war is an encyclopaedia of war, comprising: metallurgy (forging of weapons), mathematics (ballistics of projectiles), chemistry (production of gunpowder), architecture (construction of fortifications), engineering (sapper tasks), economy (accounting for pay), logistics (Logistik, moving troops, ordnance), veterinary medicine (equine pharmacology), surgery (for the amputation of limbs), of course strategy, and even ethics (strengthening the morale of the troup).
Jähns, 956. - Klaus Jordan, 896.

Order-nr.: 54923