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Seventeenth-Century Military Treatises, 1599 to 1699

1599
Savorgano, Mario, conte de Belgrado, d. 1597?.  Arte militare terrestre, e maritima; secondo la ragione, è l’uso de piu Valorosi capitani antichi, e moderni.  Già descritta ... dall’illustrissimo signor Mario Savorgnano conte de Belgrado; per instruttione de sig.ri suoi nepoti ...  Et hora ridotta ... da Cesare Campana, da esso data in Luce ...  Venice, Appresso, gli heredi di Francesco de Franceschi, 1599.
MiU (Venice, 1599); ICN, Case fU 0 .7844 (Venice, 1614).
Comments:  “The work was edited and published by Cesare Campana, after the author’s death.”  Cockle.
16--
Stevin, Simon, 1548-1620.  The art of war.  Edited by W. H. Schukking.  Amsterdam, Swets & Seillinger, 1964.
ICN, 5A 671 (Amsterdam, 1964).

1600
Edmonds, Sir Clement, 1564?-1622.  Observations, upon the five first bookes of Caesars Commentaries, setting fourth the practise of the art military, in the time of the Roman empire.  Wherein are handled all the chiefest points of their discipline, with the true reasons of every part, together with such instructions as may be drawn from their proceedings, for the better direction of our moderne warres.  By Clement Edmonds.  London, Printed by Peter Short, dwelling on Bredstreet hill at the signe of the Starre, 1600.
IU, RBC, x871 C2g.Ee 1600 (London, 1600); IU, RBC, x871 C2g.Ec (London, 1604); MiU (London, 1609); MiU (London, 1655).

Smith, Thomas, fl. 1600-1627.  The arte of Gunnerie.  Wherein is set foorth a number of serviceable secrets, and practical conclusions, belonging to the art of gunnerie, by arithmeticke skill to be accomplished:  both pretie, pleasant, and profitable for all such as are professors of the same facultie.  London, Printed by R. Field for William Ponsonby, 1600.
IU, RBC Film UM R939 (London, 1600); MiU, Film Short-title catalogue no. 22855, carton 939 (London, 1600); MiU, UF 800 S66 1643 (London, 1643).
Comments:  Includes “certaine additions to the booke of gunnery, with a supplie of fire-workes.”  London, 1600 edition at IU has special title-page with imprint date 1601.

1601
Contarini, Pietro Maria.  Corso di guerra et partiti di guerreggiare, et combattere ...  Venice, G. Perchacino, 1601.
ICN, Case U 0 .188 (Venice, 1601); MiU (Venice, 1601); MnU (Venice, 1601).

Lanteri, Giacomo, d. c. 1560.  Delle offese et diffese della citta, et fortezze.  Con due discorsi d’architettura militare d’Antonio Lupicini fiorentino.  Ove si vede con bellissimo modo, & ordine quanto a questa professionne si appartiene ...  Venice, Appresso Tomaso Baglioni, 1601.
MiU, SS (Venice, 1601); IU, RBC Stonehill 243 (Venice, 1601).
Comments:  Venice, 1601 edition at MiU is a reprint of two works by Lanteri, two by Lupicini, and one by Zanco [Zanchi].  Includes:  I. Zanchi, Giovanni Battista [or Zanco, Gieronimo or Zanchius, Hieronymus], Del modo di fortificar la città.  II. Lupicini, Antonio, Dell’architettura militare.  III. Lupicini, Antonio, Discorsi militari sopra l’espugnazione d’alouni siti.  IV. Baglioni, Tomaso, ed.  The Venice 1601 edition at IU was printed by Roberto Meietti.

Rigault, Nicolas.  De verborum significatione, quae ad novellas impp. qui in Oriente post Iustinianum regnauerunt, de re militari constitutiones pertinent.  Paris, C. Morellum, 1601.
ICN Case U 2 .745 (Paris, 1601).

Savile, Sir Henry, 1549-1622.  Henrici Savilis Angli Commentarius de militia romana ex anglico latinus factus.  Heidelberg, typis Voegelinianis, 1601.
IU, RBC 355.093 Sa94c (Heidelberg, 1601).

Tarducci, Achille.  Delle machine, ordinanze, et quartieri antichi et moderni ... discorsi d’Achille Tarducci.   Aggiuntuoi dal medisimo Le fattioni occorse nell’Ongaria ... nel 1597 e la battaglia in Transilvania contra il Valaaco, 1600.  Fatte dal signor Giorgio Basta ...  Venice, G. B. Ciotti, 1601.
MiU, SS (Venice, 1601).

1602
Perret, Jacques.  Architectura et perspetiva; des fortifications & artifices de Jacques Perret ...  Mis en lumiere par la vefue & les deux fils de Theodore de Bry.  Frankfurt, Imprimé par Wolf Richter aux despens desdicts de Bry, 1602.
IU, RBC q724.144 P42a (Frankfurt, 1602); MiU (Paris?, 1602); ICN (Paris?, 1601).
Comments:  “First Edition.  No dedication, but engraved view of siege of Paris, taken by Henri IV on 22 March 1594, on title page ...  The first edition of this `useless work, but still sought after for its splendid engravings by de Leu’ (Brunet) was published in Paris in 1601. Perret was a Savoyard, possibly a Protestant from Chambéry, where he taught mathematics.”  Pollak.

Segar, Sir William, d. 1633.  Honor, military and civill, contained in foure bookes.  Viz. 1. Justice, and jurisdiction military.  2. Knighthood in generall, and particular.  3. Combats for life, and triumph.  4. Precedencie of great estates, and others.  London, Robert Barker, Printer to the Queenes most excellent majestie, 1602.
IU, RBC Norman 20 Mr 39 Gen. Res. Baldwin (London, 1602); ICU (London, 1602); OU (London, 1602); MnU (London, 1602); MiU, Film Short-title catalogue no. 22164, carton 1006 (London, 1602).

1603
Cassani, Giovanni Alberto.  Essercitio militare, il quale dispone l’huomo à vera cognitione del scrimire de spada, e dell’ordinare l’essercito à battaglia ...  Naples, Appresso T. Longo, 1603.
ICN, Case U 0 .152 (Naples, 1603).

Hulsius, Levinus, d. 1606.  Ander Tractat der mechanischen Instrumenten ...  Grundlicher Unterricht dess newen Buchsen Quadrants.  Frankfurt, Wolfgang Richter, 1603.
MiU (Frankfurt, 1603); ICJ (Frankfurt, 1603); MiU (Frankfurt, 1605-9); MnU (Frankfurt, 1605-9).
Comments:  “Artillery instruction, with an explanation of an instrument.”  Spaulding.  The Frankfurt, 1605-9, edition at MnU and MiU is entitled Tractatus primus[-tertius] intrumentorum mechanicorum Levini Hulsii ...

1604
Agrippa, Camillo.  ... Trattato di scienza d’arme et un dialogo in detta materia.  Venice, R. Meglietti, 1604.
IU, RBC 796.86 Ag8t (Venice, 1604).
Comments:  71 pages.  “Includes illustrations and diagrams.  A treatise on fencing.  The copper plates were reproduced from those in the first edition (Rome, 1553).  Two of the large plates in the first edition have been ascribed to Michelangelo, to da Venci, and to Stradano (Gelli).”  Cockle.

Altoni, Giovanni, fl. 1604.  Il soldato di Giovanni Altoni Fiorentino della scienza, e darte della guerra.  Florence, Nella stamperia di Volcmar Timan German, 1604.
ICN, Case fU 0 .032 (Florence, 1604); MiU (Florence, 1604).
Comments:  Bound with Capobianco, Alessandro, Corona e palma militare di artiglieria ..., Venice, 1602.

Cinuzzi, Imperiale.  La vera militar disciplina antica e moderna.  3 vols.  Siena, S. Marchetti, 1604.
ICN, Case U 0 .173 (Siena, 1604); MnU (Siena, 1604); ICN U 0 .1729 (Siena, 1620); MiU (Siena, 1620).
Comments:  1620 edition entitled:  Della disciplina militare antica e moderna ...

Digges, Thomas, d. 1595.  Foure paradoxes, or politique discourses:  2 concerning militarie discipline ... by Thomas Digges ...  2 of the worthinesse of warre and warriors, by Dudley Digges, his sonne ...  London, H. Lownes for C. Knight, 1604.
ICN, Case U 2 .23 (London, 1604); IaU (London, 1604).

Errard de Bar-le-Duc, Jean, 1554-1610.  Fortificato, das ist: Künstliche und wolgegründte Demonstration un Erweisung wie und welcher Gestalt gute Festungen anuordnen ...  In hochteuster Sprach an Tag geben ... durch ...  Dietrichs de Bry hinderlassene Wittib und zween Söhne.  Frankfurt, Bey W. Richtern, 1604.
ICN, Case fU 26 .27 (Frankfurt, 1604); French editions:  MiU (Paris, 1604); ICN (Frankfurt, 1604); MnU (Frankfurt, 1617); MiU (Paris, 1620).
Comments:  Jean Errard de Bar-le-Duc was one of the most highly skilled military engineers of the sixteenth century.  The first edition of this work was entitled La Fortification réduite en Art, Paris, 1600.

Fiammelli, Giovanni Francesco.  Il principe difeso.  Nel quale si fortificazione, oppugnazione, espungnazione, e propugnazione, o difesa ...  Rome, Appresso Luigi Zannetti, 1604.
ICN fJ 8544.295 (Rome, 1604); MnU (Rome, 1604); MiU (Rome, 1604).

1606
Basta, Giorgio, 1550-1607?.  Il mastro di campo generale, di Giorgio Basta, Conte d’Hust ...  Venice, G. B. Ciotti, 1606.
ICN, Case 4A 1490 (Venice, 1606); MiU, U 101.B32 (Venice, 1606); French edition:  MiU (Frankfurt, 1617)
Comments:  The French edition was translated by Jean Theodore de Bry.

Fiammelli, Giovanni Francesco.  I quesiti militari di Gio. Francesco Fiamelli ...  Fattigli in diversi tempi da diversi principi, e gran personaggi, e da lui risoluti con esempi, e con l’esperienze fatta insu la guerra, e con cose da esso ritrouate per mettersi in esecuzione, e a comune beneficio con diligenza serbati, e ora messi in luce ...  Rome, Appresso C. Vullietti, 1606.
MiU (Rome, 1606).

Stewechius, Godescalcus.  Commentarius ad Flavi Vegeti Renati de re militari libros.  Antwerp, ex officina Plantiniana, 1606.
MiU (Antwerp, 1606).

Tartaglia, Niccolò.  Opere.  Venice, al segno del Lione, 1606.
MiU (Venice, 1606).

1608
Dilich, Wilhelm Schäffer, called Wilhelmi Dilichii, d. 1655.  Kriegssbuch darin die alte une newe Militia eigentlich beschreben ...  Cassell, W. Wessell, 1608.
ICN, Case U 0 .232 (Cassell, 1608).

Flurance, David Rivault, sieur de, 1571-1615.  Les elemens de l’artillerie concernans tant la theorie que la pratique du canon.  Augmentés en cette nouvelle edition & enrichis de l’invention description & demonstration d’une nouvelle artillerie qui ne se charge que d’air ou d’eau pure, & à neantmoins une incroiable force.  Plus d’une nouvelle facon de pouldre a canon tres-violente qui se faict d’or, par un excellent & rare artifice non communiqué jusques à present.  L’histoire du progrez & des premiers usages des armes à feu tant recentes qu’anciennes, est deduitte en l’avant-propos.  Le tout par le sieur de Flurance Rivault.  Paris, Chez Adrien Beys, 1608.
MiU (Paris, 1608).

Gheyn, Jacob II de, 1565-1615.  Maniement d’armes d’arquebuses, mousquetz, et piques.  En conformite de l’ordre de monseigneur le prince Maurice, prince d’Orange ... representé par figures, par Jaques de Gheijn.  Ensemble les enseignemes par escrit a l’utilite de tous amateurs des armes, et ausi pour tous capitaines & commandeurs, pour par cecy pouvoir plus facillement enseigner a leurs soldatz inexperimentez l’entier et parfait maniement dicelles armes.  Amsterdam, imprimé chez R. de Baudous on les vend’ aussi a Amsterdam chez J. Janssen, 1607?
MiU (Amsterdam, 1607?); ICN, Case 6A 76 (Amsterdam, 1607?); English edition:  IU, RBC Stonehill (Amsterdam, 1608).
Comments:  Imprint date on title-page changed in ink from 1607 to 1608.  ICN edition is with Breen, A., Le maniement d’armes de Nassau, 1618.  “A magnificent collection of plates, with text in French, English, German, and Dutch versions.”  Spaulding.

Stevin, Simon, 1548-1620.  Festung-Bawung das ist Kurze und eygentliche Beschreibung wie man Festungen bawen.  Frankfurt, Wolfgang Richter, 1608.
MiU (Frankfurt, 1608); ICJ Frankfurt, 1623); MiU (Frankfurt, 1623); MnU (Frankfurt, 1623).

1609
Reusner, Elia, 1555-1612.  Strategmatographia, sive Thesaurus bellicus, docens, quomodo bella juste et legitimé suspici, recte & prudenter administrari, commodé & sapienter confici debeant:  ex latissimo & laetissimo historiarum campo Herculeo labore erutus ab Elia Reusnero.  Cum eiusdem synopsi, & gemino indice locupletissimo, altero historiarum, altero rerum memorabilium.  Frankfurt, E. Collegio Musarum Novenarum Paltheniano, 1609.
ICN, Case U 0 .7389 (Frankfurt, 1609); ICN, U 0 .739 (Frankfurt, 1661).

1610
Baccellini, Matteo.  Aforismi politici e militari ne’quali si mostra come il prinicpe, e la republica s’hà da gouvernare con la militia,; e l’arte di creare un’essercito, d’armarlo, essercitarlo alloggiarlo, e condurlo alla giornata.  Il modo di edificare terre, e fortezze, como si ponno espugnare, e difendere, nouvamente posti in luca ...  Paris, Chez I. de la Haye, 1610.
ICN, Case U 0 .061 (Paris, 1610).

Bracaccio, Lelio, marchese di Montesilvano, 1560-1637.  I carachi militari ...  Antwerp, J. Trognesio, 1610.
ICN, Case U 2 .116 (Antwerp, 1610); MiU (Venice, 1620); MnU (Venice, 1620); ICN, Case U 2 .118 (Venice, 1626).

Sereno, Bartolomeo.  Trattati del cavalier Bartolomeo Sereno.  Dell’uso della lancia à cavallo.  Del combattere a piede alla sbarra.  Et dell’imprese, et inventioni cavalieresche ...  Naples, Per Gio. Battista Gargano, & Lucretio Nucci, 1610.
MiU (Naples, 1610).

1611
Melzi (or Melzo), Lodovico, 1567-1617.  Regole militari sopra il governo e servitio particolare della cavalleria ...   Antwerp, Appresso G. Trognaesio, 1611.
ICN, Case fU 0 .566 (Antwerp, 1611); Spanish edition:  MnU (Milan, 1619).

1612
Basta, Giorgio, 1550-1607?.  Il governo della cavalleria leggiera.  Venice, Bernardo Gionti, Gio. Battista Ciotti & compagni, 1612.
MiU (Venice, 1612); ICN (Venice, 1612); French editions:  MiU (Rouen, 1616); ICN Case fU 43 .078 (Rouen, 1627).
Comments:  The first French edition of this very influential work appeared in 1614.

1613
Croce, Flaminio della.  Teatro militare.  Milan, Bernardino Lantoni, 1613.
MiU (Milan, 1613); ICN Case U 0 .198 (Antwerp, 1617); MnU (Antwerp, 1617).

Dallington, Sir Robert, 1561-1637.  Aphorismes civill and militariei amplified with authorities, and exemplified with historie, out of the first quarterne of Fr. Guicciardine.  London, Imprinted for Edward Blount, 1613.
IU, RBC X828 D16a (London, 1613); OCU (London, 1613); ICN (London, 1613); ICU (London, 1613); MiU (London, 1613); OU (London, 1613); ICN (London, 1629); IaU (London, 1629).

Fumée, Jacques F. de.  L’arcenac de la milicie françoise.  Où est representee la reformation & graduation de la carte marine du Levant & trouvee la hauteur en sa longitude.  Avec plusieurs belles & notables instructions aux chets & conducteurs d’armees, pour faire la guerre tant sur mer que sur terre.  Contenant plusieurs questions & leurs contrarietez, sur ce qui doit estre observé à bien ordonner des batailles dresser des batailons, situer places & forteresses, & le moyen de les attaquer & defendre.  Ensemble ce qui dépend de l’artillerie, & generalement tout ce qui est requis en l’art militaire ...  Paris, J. Corrozet, 1613.
ICN, Case 3A 986 (Paris, 1613).

Pellicciari (or Pellizzari), Bartolomeo.  Parte prima delle rassegne et modo per essercitare fanteria.  Con dichiarationi espedite, & figure ...  Usaté dal colonello Bartolomeo Pellicciari da Modona ...  Modena, Presso Giulian Cassiani, 1613.
ICN (Modona, 1613); MiU (Modona, 1613).

Ufano, Diego.  Tratado dela artilleria yuso della platicado.  Brussels, Ivan Momarte, 1613.
MnU (Brussels, 1613); French edition:  MnU Z358.1 fUf1 (Rouen, 1628); MiU (Rouen, 1628).
Comments:  French edition published by Jean Berthelin.

1614
Du Praissac.  Les epistres ... contenans des briefves leçons sur diverses matieres.  Paris, Vefue M. Guillemot, & S. Thiboust, 1614.
MnU (Paris, 1614).
Comments:  66 pages.  Bound with his Les discours militaires ..., Paris, 1614.

Du Praissac.  Les questions militaires.  Paris, chez la vefue M. Guillemot, & S. Thiboust, 1614.
ICN, Case U 0 .248 (Paris, 1617); English edition:  IU (Cambridge, 1639); MnU (Cambridge, 1639).

1615
Marolois, Samuel, 1572?-1627.  Fortification ou Architecture militare tant offensive que defensive ...  The Hague, Ex officino H. Hondii, 1615.
ICN (The Hague, 1615); MiU (The Hague, 1615); IU (Amsterdam, 1627); ICN (Amsterdam, 1627); OCU (Amsterdam, 1638); IU (Amsterdam, 1638); English edition:  MiU (Amsterdam, 1638).
Comments:  “Extensive treatment of fortification, with fine drawings.”  Spaulding.  Editions after 1615 were reviewed, augmented, and corrected by the mathematician Albert Girard.  The Amsterdam 1638 edition at IU and OCU is found in Marolois’ Opera Mathematica, vol. 2, 1638.

1616
Bocerus (or Bocer), Heinrich, 1561-1630.  De bello et duello tractatus juris ... nuper ... varijs in locis recognitus ... reformatus, & denuo editus.  Accessit Oration ... de privilegiis doctorum ... a Dn. Johanne Halbrittero ... dicta.  3rd ed.  Tubingen, Johann Alexander Cellius, 1616.
ICN, Case 85 .106 (Tubingen, 1616); MiU (Tubingen, 1616).

Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637, supposed author.  A schoole for young souldiers, containing in briefe the whole discipline of warre, especially so much as is meet for the captaine to teach, or the souldier to learne, that is, to trayne or to be trayned.  Fit to be taught throughout England.  London, Printed for R. Higginbotham, 1616.
MiU, Film Short-title catalogue no. 17387 (carton 814) (London, 1616).
Comments:  Broadside.

Pellicciari (or Pellizzari), Bartolomeo.  Tyrocinium.  Das ist, Bericht und Ubung nach welchem angehende Soldaten sollen in allerhandt Waffen abgericht werden ...  Gepracticiert ... durch Bartholomaeum Pelliciari ... und ... in italianischer Spraach publiciert ...  Jetzundt aber ... in unsere Muttersprach gebracht und in Druck verfertiget.  Frankfurt, Gedruct bey A. Hummen, in Verlegung L. Jennis, 1616.
ICN, Case U 0 .672 (Frankfurt, 1616).

1617
Adams, Thomas, fl. 1612-1653.  The souldiers honour.  Wherein by divers inferences and gradations it is evinced, that the profession is just, necessarie, and honourable; to be practised of some men, praised of all men.  Together with a short admonition concerning munition to this honour’d citie.  Preached to the worthy companie of gentleman, that exercise in the Artillerie Garden:  and now on their second request, published to further use.  London, Printed by A. Islip and E. Blount, 1617.
IU, RBC Film R 818 (London, 1617).

Croce, Flaminio della.  Teatro militare ...  La seconda volta dato all’impressione con l’aggiunta di molte figure, molti capitoli nuovi, & gli altri tutti ampliati ...  Antwerp, Appresso H. Aertissio, 1617.
ICN, Case U 0 .198 (Antwerp, 1617); MnU (Antwerp, 1617).

Fludd, Robert, 1574-1637.  Utriusque cosmi maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysica, physica atque technica historia.  Oppenheim, Heirs of T. de Bry, 1617-18.
MiU (Oppenheim, 1617-18); WU (Oppenheim, 1617-18).
Comments:  Contains a section called “De arte militari.”

Stevin, Simon, 1548-1620.  Nieuwe maniere van sterctebov door spilsluysen.  Rotterdam, Jan von Waesberghe, 1617.
MiU (Rotterdam, 1617); ICN (Rotterdam, 1617); IaU (Rotterdam, 1617); French editions:  MiU (Leiden, 1618); MnU (Leiden, 1618).
Comments:  “Simon (or Symon) Stevin served as an engineer and surveyor in the service of Maurice, Prince of Orange.”  Pollak.

Theti, Carlo, 1529-1589.  Discorsi delle fortificationi, espugnationi, & difese delle città, & d’altri luoghi.  Di Carlo Theti.  Diviso in libri otto.  Oue difusamente si dimostra quali debbano essere i siti delle fortezze, le forme, i recinti, fossi, baloardi, castelli, & altre cose à loro appartenenti, con le figure di esse.  Hora di novo in questa ultima impressione ricorretti, & ampliati ...  Venice, Ad instanza di Giacomo Franceschi, 1617.
MiU (Venice, 1617); ICN (Venice, 1617); ICN, Case U 26 .871 (Venice, 1575).
Comments:  With illustrations, plans, and diagrams.  First published with slightly different title, Rome, 1569.  “Afterwards rewritten and enlarged to about eight times the original size; in which form it should be described as a distinct work.”  First published with present title, 1575.  Cockle.

Wallhausen, Johann Jacobi von, 17th cent.  Corpus militare.  Darinnen das heütige kriegswesen in einer perfecten und absoluten idea begriffen und vorgestelt wirdt.  Alles in gewisse praecepta polemica ordentlich verfasset mit beygegebenem jederm Theyl seinen kriegs-maximus observationibus regulis, axiomatibus unnd sehr künstlichen kriegs fabuln.  Allen potentaten und regentten, allen feldherzen, generalln, obristen, haupteuten, befelchshabern und gemeinen soldaten zu pferdt unnd zu fuss, zu wasser und zu landt zunutzn.  Vor diesem niehmals an tag gegeben.  In vorschein und ans liecht gebracht, von Johann Jacobi von Wallhaussen ...  Hanover, In verlegung dess authoris, [1617].
MiU, U 101 .J16 J (Hanover, [1617]).
Comments:  This work is bound with his Defensio patriae ..., 1621 and Kriegskunst zu fuss, 1631.

Wallhausen, Johann Jacobi von, 17th cent.  Künstliche Picquen-Handlung.  Darinnen schrifftlich und mit Figuren dieses adeliches exercitium angewiesen und gelehret wirdt ...  Von Johann Jacobi von Wallhausen ...  Hanover, In Verlegung dess Authoris, [1617].
ICN (Hanover, [1617]).

1618
Breen, Adam van, fl. 1618.  Le maniement d’armes de Nassau, avecq rondelles, piques, espees & targes; representez par figures, selon le nouveau ordre du ... Prince Maurice de Nassau ... par Adam van Breen, avecq instruction par escript pour tons cappitaines & commandeurs, nouvellement mis en lumiere.  The Hague, 1618.
ICN, Case 6A 76 (The Hague, 1618); Dutch edition:  ICN, Case 6A 76 (The Hague, 1640).
Comments:  This work is actually a collection of plates from three volumes:  Breen, A., Le maniement d’armes, 1618; Gheyn, J., Maniement d’armes, d’arquebuses ..., 1607?; and Breen, A., De Wapen-handelinge ..., 1640.  Included in the volume are plates signed by Breen and Gheyn, some hand colored plates, and manuscript notes.

Davies, Edward.  Military directions:  or The art of trayning:  plainely demonstrating how every good souldier ought to behave himselfe in the warres ...  London, E. Griffin, 1618.
OU, Film S.T.C. reel 1233 (London, 1618).
Comments:  Microfilm of original in the Bodleian Library.

Du Praissac.  Les libres discours du Sieur Du Praissac.  Paris, S. Thiboust, 1618.
ICN, Case F 39 .326 1618n (Paris, 1618).
Comments:  32 pages.  Binder’s title:  Recueil de pièces, 1618.

Stevin, Simon, 1548-1620.  La castrametation.  Descrite par Symon Stevin ... selon l’ordonnance & usage de tres-illustre, tres-excellent prince et seigneur Maurice, par la grace de Dieu prince d’Orange ...  Seconde edition reveuâ & corrigée.  Leyden, Chez Matthieu & Bonaventure Elzevir, 1618.
MnU (Leyden, 1618); IU (Leyden, 1618); MiU (Leyden, 1618); German edition:  WU (Frankfurt, 1631); Dutch edition:  ICN, Case fU 256 .842 (Rotterdam, 1617).
Comments:  With this work is bound, as issued, his Nouvelle maniere de fortification par escluses, 1618.

1619
Ammirato, Scipione, 1531-1601.  Discours politiques et militaires sur Corneille Tacite, excellent historien, & grand homme d’estat.  Contenans les fleurs des plus belles histoires du monde ...  Traduits, paraphrasez, et augmentez par Laurens Melliet, Sr. de Montessuy en Bresse ...  Lyon, Claude Morillon, 1619.
IU, RBC Baldwin 252 (Lyon, 1619); IU, RBC 854Am6 Od.Fm (Lyon, 1628).

Busca, Gabriello, ca. 1540-1605.  L’archittettura militare, nella quale si da contezza ad ogni professore, e seguace della guerra tanto di grande, quanto di basso titolo, del modo di fortificare luochi debili ...  Milan, 1619.
IU, RBC 723 B96a (Milan, 1619); MiU (Milan, 1601); OU (Milan, 1601); MnU (Milan, 1601).

Fitch, William.  The Christian knight compiled by Sir William Wiseman knight ...  London, John Legatt, 1619.
IU, RBC Barry (London, 1619).

Pellicciari (or Pellizzari), Bartolomeo.  Avertimenti in fattioni di guerra, utili & necessarii à tutti gl’uffici, che convengono in un ben formato essercito, principiando dal soldato privato, & ascendendo per ordine fin’al carico del capitano generale ...  Di nuovo dall’auttore corretti & ampliati ...  Venice, Appresso P. Farri, 1619.
ICN, Case U 0 .671 (Venice, 1619); ICU (Venice, 1619); MiU U 101 .P39 (Modona, 1600); MnU Z355 P365 (Modona, 1606).

1621
Sardi, Pietro, 1560- ca. 1640.  L’artiglieria.  Divisa in tre libri.  Venice, Appresso G. Guerrilgi a spese dell’autore, 1621.
MiU (Venice, 1621).

Wallhausen, Johann Jacobi, 17th cent.  Art militaire a cheval.  Instruction des principes et fondements de la cavallerie, et de ses quatre especes, a scavoir lances, corrasses, arquebus, & drageons, avec tout ce qui est de leur charge & excercise.  Avec quelques nouvelles inventions de batailles ordonnees de cavallerie.  Et demonstrations de la necessite, utilite et excellence de l’art militaire, sur toutes aultres arts et sciences.  Experimenté, descript & representé par plusieurs besses figures entaisses en cuivre.  Par Jean Jacques de Wallhausen ...  Zutphen, Andre d’Aelst, 1621.
MnU (Zutphen, 1621); MiU (Zutphen, 1621); MWicA (Zutphen, 1621).
Comments:  Translation of Kriegskunst zu Pferdt.

Wallhausen, Johann Jacobi, von, 17th cent.  Camera militaris:  oder Kriegskunst Schatzkammer darinnen allerley Kriegs-Stratagemata zu Wasser und Land von Anfang der Welt biss auff Caesarem Augustum heutige Stunde zugebrauchen geseiget werden ...  Frankfurt, In Verlegung D. und D. Aubrien und C. Schleichen, 1621.
ICN, Case fU 26 .27 (Frankfurt, 1621).
Comments:  Bound with Errard, Jean, Fortification ..., 1604.

Wallhausen, Johann Jacobi, von, 17th cent.  Defensio patriae; oder Landtrettung.  Darinnen gezeigt wirdt:  I. Wie alle und jede in der werthen Christenheit potentaten, regenten, stätte unnd communen, ihre und der ihrigen underthanen tettung und schutzung anstellen sollen.  II. Der modus bene belligerandi, viel hundert jahr bissher gefàhlet ...  Durch Johann Jacobi von Wallhausen ...  Frankfurt, D. unnd D. Aubrij und C. Schleichen, 1621.
MiU (Frankfurt, 1621).
Comments:  Bound together with his Corpus Militare, 1617.

1622
Du Praissac.  Les discours militaires.  Le 2. édition de nouveau corrige et augmente.  Paris, Chez la veufe M. Guillemont et S. Thiboust, 1622.
ICN, Case U 0 .248 (Paris, 1622); MiU (N.p., 1618); MiU (Rouen, 1628); English editions:  MiU (Cambridge, 1639); IU (Cambridge, 1639); MnU (Cambridge, 1639); ICN (Cambridge, 1639).
Comments:  Issued with the following, each with its own title page, are his Les questions militaires, Paris, 1617;         Les epistres ... contenans des briefves leçons sur diverses matieres, Paris, 1622; Les libres discours, Paris, 1622; La methode pour resoudre facilement toute question militaire propsée, Paris, 1622.  The English edition was translated from the French by John Cruso and includes a second title:  A short method for the easie resolving of any militarie question propounded ... [In] two parts.  It is bound with Rohan, Henri, duc de, The Complete captain ..., 1640.

Markham, Francis, 1565-1627.  Five decades of epistles of warre.  London, Augustine Matthewes, 1622.
MiU, Film Short-title catalogue no. 17332, carton 813 (London, 1622); ICN, Case U 0 .55 (London, 1622); MnU (London, 1622).

1623
Massari Malatesta, Alessandro.  Trattato universale della vera arte militare ...  Dove si descrivono tutte le militie del mondo, dal principio d’esso, sin’hora, et come dourebbe esser’una perfetta militar disciplina in tutte le sue parti ...  Turin, Per G. A. Seghino, 1623.
ICN, Case U 0 .544 (Turin, 1623).

The military discipline wherein is most martially shone the order of drilling of ye musket and pike, 1623.  Set forth in postures with the words of command and brief instructions for the right use of the same.  To be exercised in musters by order from ye Lords of his Ma:ties most ho:ble Privy Counsaile.  [London], Are to be sould by R. Daniell, [1623].
OU Film STC reel 1296 ([London], [1623]); MiU (London, 1623).

Panciroli, Guido, 1523-1599.  De magistratibus municipalibus, et corporibus artificum libellus.  [London], S. Gamonetus, 1623.
ICN, fF 363 .636 ([London], 1623).
Comments:  39 pages.  With Notitia dignitatum.  Notatia dignitatum, 1623.

Sardi, Pietro, 1560-ca. 1640.  Corona imperialis architecturae militaris, das ist:  Gründlicher bericht von der fortification unnd befestigung allerhandt oerter wie die mögen vorfallen wider allen anlauff so beydes zur offension und zur defension von nöhten.  Erstlich in italianischer sprach gestellet und mit ...  Kupfferstücken geziert und erkläret durch Petrum Sardi ... vetzunder aber ... in hochteutsche sprach ubergesetzet.  Am ende seynd such etliche principia geometriae ...  Frankfurt, Durch Hartmannum Palthenium in verlegung Jacobi de Zetter, 1623.
MiU (Frankfurt, 1623); Italian editions:  ICN (Venice, 1618); MiU (Venice, 1639).
Comments:  Translated by Jacob de Zetter.

Stevin, Simon, 1548-1620.  Festung-Bawung das ist Kurtze und eygentliche Beschreibung wie man Festungen bawen und sich wider allen gewaltsamen Anlauff der Feinde zu Kriegszeiten auffhalten sichern und verwahren möge:  Auff jetziger Zeit Zustand und Gelegenheit gerichten und auss niderlàndischer Verzeichnuss Simonis Stevini ... unserm geliebten Vatterland Teutscher Nation zu besondern Nutzen in hochteutscher Sprach beschrieben durch M. Gothardum Arthus, ... Jetzo zum andern mahl wiederumb auffgeleget und verbessert.  Frankfurt, Gedruckt durch H. Pathenium In Verlegung der Hulsischen, 1623.
ICJ (Frankfurt, 1623); ICN (Frankfurt, 1623); MnU (Frankfurt, 1623).

Xenophon, 434?-355? B.C.  The historie of Xenophon:  containing the ascent of Cyrus into the higher countries.  Wherein is described the admirable journey of ten thousand Grecians from Asia the lesse into the territories of Babylon, and their retrait from thence into Greece, notwithstanding the opposition of all their enemies.  Whereunto is added a comparison of the Roman manner of warres with this of our time, out of Justus Lipsius.  Trans. John Bingham.  London, Printed by J. Haviland for R. Mabb, 1623.
IU, RBC Xq881 X2h.Eb (London, 1623); InU; MiU.
Comments:  The passage from Justus Lipsius is from books of his De militia Romana.

1624
Mansfeld, Ernst, graf von, 1580-1626.  Count Mansfields directions of warre.  Given to all his officers and souldiers in generall.  London, Printed by E. Allde for R. Whittaker, 1624.
MiU, Film Short-title catalogue no. 17260, carton 812 (London, 1624).

Norton, Robert, d. 1635.  Of the art of great artillery, viz. the explanation of the most excellent and necessary definitions, and questions, pronounced and propounded, by that rare souldier and mathematician, Thomas Digges esquire; and by him published, in his Stratiaticos, and Pantometria, concerning great ordinance, and his theorems thereupon.  Together, with certaine expositions, and answers thereunto adioyned.  London, Printed by E. Allde, for I. Tap, 1624.
MiU, Film Short-title catalogue no. 18676, carton 967 (London, 1624).

Scott, Thomas, 1580?-1626.  The Belgick souldier:  dedicated to the Parliament.  Or, Warre was a blessing.  Dordrecht, 1624.
IU (Dordrecht, 1624); MnU (Dordrecht, 1624); ICN (Dordrecht, 1624); MiU (Dordrecht, 1624); MiU, Microfilm STC no. 22072 (Dordrecht, 1624).
Comments:  MiU microfilm is from the original in the Huntington Library.

Tensini, Francesco, 1581-1630.  La fortificatione, guardia, difesa, et espugnatione delle fortezze esperimentata in diverse guerre ...  Venice, [Appresso E. Deuchino], 1624.
ICN, Case fU 26 .866 (Venice, 1624); IU (Venice, 1655); MiU (Venice, 1655).

1625
Hondius, Hendrik, b. 1573.  Description & breve declaration des regles generales de la fortification, de l’artillerie, des amunitions, & vivres; des officiers, & de leurs commissions, des retranchemens de camp, des approches, avec la maniere de se deffendre, & des feux artificiels.  Par Henry Hondius.  Le tout traduit du flamend en langue françoise par A. G. S. ...  The Hague, 1625.
ICN, Case fU 26 .416 (The Hague, 1625).

Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.  The souldiers accidence.  Or, An introduction into military discipline, containing the first principles and necessary knowledge meete for captaines, muster-masters, and all young souldiers of the infantrie, or foote bandes.  Also, the cavallarie or formes of trayning of horse-troopes, as it hath beene received from the latest and best experienced armies.  A worke fit for all noble, generous, and good spirits that love honor, or honorable action.  London, Printed by J. Dawson for J. Bellamie, 1625.
MiU, Film Short-title catalogue no. 1738, carton 814 (London, 1625); MiU (London, 1635).

Marolois, Samuel, c. 1572?-1627.  Geometrie; contenant la theorie et practique d’icelle necessaire a la fortification.  Jadis escrite par Samuel Marolois.  Mais du depuis corrigée et la pluspart du discours changé et redigé en meilleur estat par Albert Girard, mathematicien.  Amsterdam, 1625.
ICJ (Amsterdam, 1627); Latin edition:  MiU (Amsterdam, 1633).

Metius, Adriaan Adriaansz, 1570-1635.  Arithmeticae libri duo:  et Geometriae lib. vi.  Huic adivgitur Trigonometriae planorum methodus suecincta.  Altera verò, praeter alia, nova regulae proportionalis inventa proponit; et quaecunque loca adversus hostium insultus iuxta hoc seculo praxin (quam fortificationem vocant) munire solide docet.  Lyon, Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1625-1626.
MiU (Lyon, 1625-26); MiU (Leiden, 164).
Comments:  “Treats of fortification also.”  Spaulding.

1626
Billon, Jean de.  Les principes de l’art militaire.  Rouen, Jean Bethelin, 1626.
MiU (Rouen, 1626); ICN U 2 .095 (Rouen, 1641).
Comments:  Suite des pricipes de l’art militarie.  Rouen, Jean Berthelin, 1626, is also available at MiU.  The full title of the 1641 edition is as follows:  Les principes de l’art militaire.  Ou il est sommairement traicté de la pluspart des charges & devoirs de hommes qui sont en une armée:  ensemble du mot & preeminence des charges.  De la charge et consideration du general de l’armée, de l’ordre et motions militaires qui sont maintenant observées en Hollande par le Prince Maurice.  Prins sur la derniere copie reveuâ & augmentée ...  Avec la Suite, & Ordonnances militaires.  3 vols in 1.  Volumes 2-3 of 1641 edition have special title-pages.  Volume 2:  Suite des principales de l’art militaire.  Ou il est amplement traicté des devoirs du sergent-major ...; Volume 3:  Ordonnances militaires.  Touchant l’ordre, reglement, discipline, police & devoir de l’infanterie françoise, avec leurs privileges.  Le tout dilligemment recueilly du Code Henry, par le capitain Sainct Chaman ...

Gentilini, Eugenio.  Il perfeto bombardiero et real instruttione di artiglieri, sperimentata, & composta da E. Gentilini ...  Venice, appresso Alessandro de’Vechi, 1626.
MiU (Venice, 1626); MnU (Venice, 1626).

Hugo, Herman, 1588-1629.  Obsidio Bredana.  Antwerp, ex officina Plantiniana, 1626.
MiU (Antwerp, 1626); English edition:  MiU (Ghent, 1627).

Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.  The souldier’s grammar:  containing, the high, necessarie, and most curious rules of the art militarie:  as first, whether it be in great motions in generall:  Or foote motions especially?  Or motions of horse, generall, or speciall?  The ranges of foote, or horse?  The ranges of officers.  The several imbattailings of foote, and horse.  The imbattailings of a regiment.  The joyning of many regiments.  Or the forming of maine battailes, of any extent, or number; with their formes, and figures, in lively demonstration &c.  By G. M. gent.  Unto which is added the booke of postures, according to that which is ordered by the Lords of his Maiesties most honorable Privie counsell.  Printed at London, for William Shefford, and are to be solde at his shop in Popes-head alley, going into Lumbard street, 1626-27.
MiU, Film nos. 17391-92, carton 814 (London, 1626-1627).
Comments:  Published in two parts.

Uttenhofer, Caspar (Kaspar), d. 1621.  Circinus geometricus, zu teutsch mess-cirkel, nemlich:  ein geometrisch instrument, durch welches gar leicht, gewiss unnd Künstlich, so wohl ohne, als durch die rechnungen, alle höhe, länge, tieffe, breite und schräge:  dessgleichen einen acker, wissmat oder wald, abzumessen:  eine mappa oder landtafel zu beschreiben; eine gerade lini in etliche gewisse theil abzuschneide:  grosse stuck oder geschütz zurichten ...  Mit sonderm fleiss und langer müh zusam getragen und beschrieben.  Durch Caspar Uttenhofern, burgern zu Nürnberg [Nuremberg], Gedrukt und Verlegt durch Simon Halbmayern, 1626.
MiU ([Nuremberg], 1626).
Comments:  Daniel Schwenter’s 1585-1636, ed.  “Has particular reference to geometrical compasses, but treats also of artillery and the making of cannon.”  Spaulding.

1627
Tacitus, Cornelius, A.D. 55?-after 117.  C. Cornelii Taciti Opera quae exstant.  Justus Lipsius postremùm recensuit.  Additi commentarii aucti emendatique ab ultima manu.  Accessit c. Velleius Paterculus cum eiusdem Lipsi auctoribus notis.  Ed. Johann von Wowern.  Antwerp, ex officina Plantiniana, Moreti, & Jo. Meursium, 1627.
IU, RBC q871 T 1672 419 (Antwerp, 1627).

1628
Norton, Robert, d. 1635.  The gunner, shewing the whole practise of artillerie:  with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging.  Together with the making of extraordinary artificiall fireworkes, as well for pleasure and triumphes, as for warre and service.  Written by Robert Norton ...  London, Printed by A. M. [i.e., A. Mathewes] for Humphrey Robinson, 1628.
MiU (London, 1628); ICN (London, 1628); MiU Film (London, 1628).
Comments:  “The standard English work of the period on artillery.”  Spaulding.

Norton, Robert, d. 1635.  The gunners dialogue.  With the Art of great artillery.  London, Printed for I. Tap, 1628.
MiU, Film Short-title catalogue no. 18674, carton 967 (London, 1628).
Comments:  Imperfect:  lacks Art of great artillery, filmed as STC no. 18676.

1629
Achesone, James.  The Military Garden, or Instructions for all young soldiers, And such who are disposed to learn ...  Edinburgh, J. Wreittoun, 1629.
IU, RBC Film UM R864 (Edinburgh, 1629).

Besozzi, Antonio Giorgio.  Discorsi di filosofia militare del sig. Antonion Georgio Besozzo ... da Nicolo Pellizzari ... riformati e dati in luce.  Milan, Nella stampa del Collegio ambrosiano, 1629.
ICN (Milan, 1629).

Croce, Flaminio della.  L’essercitio della cavalleria.  Antwerp, Guilielmo Lesteenio, 1629.
MiU (Antwerp, 1629); ICN (Antwerp, 1629).

Fabre, Jean.  Les practiques du sieur Fabre sur lordre et reigle de fortifier, garder, attaquer, et defendre les places.  Avec un facile moyen pour lever toutes sortes de plans, tant des places et des batimens, que de la campaigne pour les cartes.  Paris, Chez Samuel Thiboust, 1629.
IU, RBC xf623.1 F11p (Paris, 1629).
Comments:  4 parts in 1 volume.  Contains illustrations, folded maps, and diagrams.

Malthus, Francis.  Traité des feux artificiels pour la guerre, et pour la recreation; avec plucieurs belles observations, abbrege de geometrie, fortifications & exemples d’arithmetique ...  Par le sieur F. d. M.  Paris, P. Guillemot, 1629.
ICN, Case U 4964 .548 (Paris, 1629); ICU (Paris, 1632); MiU (Paris, 1641); English edition:  MiU, Film Short-title catalogue no. 17217, carton 851 (London, 1629).

Ville, Antoine de, 1596-1657.  Les fortifications du Chevalier Antoine de Ville, contenans la maniere de fortifier toute sorte de places tant regulierement, qu’irregulierement ...  Avec l’ataque, et les moyens de prendre les places par intelligence, sedition, surprise, stratageme, escalade:  les effects de diverses sortes de petards, pour faire sauter les portes ...  Plus la defense, & l’instruction generale pour s’empescher des surprises ...  Le tout represente en cinquante-cinq planches, avec leurs plantes, prospectives, & païsages.  Le discours est preuvé par demonstrations, experiences, raisons communes, & physiques, avec les rapports des histoires anciennes, & modernes.  Lyon, Chez Irenee Barlet, 1629.
MiU (Lyon, 1629); MnU (Lyon, 1640); MiU (Paris, 1666); ICN, U 26 .2274 (Paris, 1672); MiU (Paris, 1672); MnU (Paris, 1672).

1630
Appier Hanzelet, Jean, 1596-1647.  La pyrotechnic de Hanzelet, Lorrain ou sont representes les plus rares & plus apprevuez secrets des machines & des feux artificiels.  Propres pour assieger battre surprendre & deffendre touts places.  Pont à Mousson, par I. & Gaspard Bernard, 1630.
ICN, Case U 444 .042 (Pont à Mousson, 1630).

Furtenbach, Joseph, 1591-1667.  Architectura martialis:  das ist aussfuhrliches bedencken uber das zu dem geschütz und waffen gehorige gebaw; darinnen fur das erste eygentlich zuvernemmen in was gestalt ein wolgeordnetes zeug-oder rusthauss samptdess zeuges notwendigen behaltnussen auffzubawen:  auch wie dasselbige mit geschutz waffen und rustungen solle aussgestaffiert werde ...  Aller martialisten besondersden zeugwartten und buchsen-meistern zu Wolgefallen beschrieben und mit 12. hierzu dienlichen kupfferstucken aussgefertiget durch Josephum Furttenbach.  Ulm, Jonam Saurn, 1630.
OCl (Ulm, 1630).

Hugo, Herman, 1588-1629.  De militia equestri antiqua et nova ... libri quinque.  Antwerp, Ex officina Plantiniana, B. Moreti, 1630.
ICN, Case fU 43 .424 (Antwerp, 1630); MiU (Antwerp, 1630).
Comments:  “Engravings (except the title-page) are attributed to Jacques Callot.”  Cockle.

1631
Wallhausen, Johann Jacobi von, 17th cent.  Kriegskunst zu fuss.  Darinnen gelehret und gewiesen werden:  I. Die handgriff der mussquet und dess spiesses jedes in sonderhiet.  II. Das exercitium, oder wie man es nennet das trillen mit einem fähnlein gantz perfect, nach der gewöhnlichen praxi dess durchleuchtigen fürtrefflichsten Kriegshelden Mauritti ... angewiesen, gemehret und gebessert.  III. Schöne newe batailie, oder schlachtordnongen mit einem fähnlein, wie auch einem gantzen regiment Knecht ...  IV. Der ungerischen bisshero geführten regimenten Kriegs disciplin zu fuss.  Alles mit schönen kupfferstücken angewiesen ...  Gepracticiret und beschrieben von Johann Jacobi von Wallhausen ...  Hanaw, Gedruckt bey D. Anbrij, in verlegung M. Merian, 1631.
MiU, U 101 .J16 (Hanaw, 1631); French editions:  MiU (Leeuwarden, 1630); ICN, Case fU 42 .451 (Francker, 1638?).
Comments:  Bound with his Corpus militare, 1617.  French editions entitled:  L’art militaire pour l’infanterie au quel est monstré:  I. Le maniemant du mousquet et de la pique.  II. L’exercice d’une compagnie ... declaré augm. & corr.  III. Belles & novelles ordonnances de batailles ...  IV. La discipline militaire ...  According to Cockle’s Bibliography of English military books, this work was first published at Oppenheim, 1615, in German (Kriegskunst zu Fuss) and in French, French translation by DeBry.  This was the first of a series of military manuals, to comprise five works; engravings by J. T. Bry.

1632
Cruso, John, d. 1681.  Militarie instructions for the cavallrie:  or, Rules and directions for the service of horse collected out of divers forrain authors ancient and modern, and rectified and supplied, according to the present practise of the low-countrey warres.  Cambridge, Printers to the Universitie, 1632.
MiU (Cambridge, 1632); ICN, Case fU 438 .204 (Cambridge, 1632); OCl (Cambridge, 1632).
Comments:  “Written when the author was a freshman at Cambridge University, it retained its authority for thirty years.”  Spaulding.  Lessons from the Dutch wars.

Le Normant, René.  Discours pour le restablissement de la milice de France.  Contenant les fonctions depuis le simple soldat jusques à celles du general d’armeé, ensemble les exercises tant de l’infanterie que cavallerie:  la forme de ranger les armées en bataille en raze campagne, & lieux montueux:  le moyen pour recognoistre la capacité des ingenieux en la theorie & pratique de la fortification, castrametation, feux d’artifices & autres choses dependantes de la deffensive & offensive de guerre.  Rouen, C. Osmont, 1632.
ICN, Case U 139 .499 (Rouen, 1632).

Winstrup, Elias Peter, 1607-1679.  ... Manipulus stratagematum.  Amsterdam, Typis I. Janssonij, 1632.
ICN, Case U 0 .977 (Amsterdam, 1632).

1633
Faulhaber, Johann, 1580-1635.  Ingenieurs-Schul ...  Durch Johann Faulhabern.  4 vols.  Vol. 1:  Nuremberg, In verlegung Wolffgang Endters, 1637; vols. 2-4:  Ulm, durch Jonam Saurn, 1633.
MiU (Nuremberg, 1637 & Ulm, 1633); WU (Nuremberg, 1637 & Ulm, 1633).
Comments:  “Three of the volumes relate largely to fortification.”  Spaulding.  Vol. 1 “anjetzo zum andernmal auffgelegt” (first published in Frankfurt, 1630).

1634
Barry, Gerrat, fl. 1624-1642.  A discourse of military discipline, devided into three boockes, declaringe the partes and sufficiencie ordained in a private souldier, and in each officer; servinge in the infantery, till the election and office of the captaine generall; and the laste booke treatinge of fire-wourckes of rare executiones by sea and land, as alsoe of firtifasions.  Brussels, By the widowe of J. Mommart, 1634.
IU, RBC Film UM R777 (Brussels, 1634); ICN, oBX 1750 .A1 E5 v.389 (Ilkey, England, 1634).

Stevin, Simon, 1548-1620.  Les oeuvres mathematiques de Simon Stevin de Bruges.  Ou sont inserées les memoires mathematiques, esquelles s’est exercé le tres-haut & tres-illustre prince Maurice de Nassau ...  Le tout reveu, corrigé, & augmenté par Albert Girard ...  6 vols. in 1.  Leyden, Chez B. & A. Elzevir, imprimeurs, 1634.
IaU (Leyden, 1634); ICJ (Leyden, 1634); MiU (Leyden, 1634); OClW (Leyden, 1634); WU (Leyden, 1634); IaAS [microfilm] (Leyden, 1634).
Comments:  A compilation of many of his works.  Vol. 1 appeared separately in 1625; vols. 2-5 form part of The Memoirs of Prince Maurice of Nassau.  Contents:  ... Vol. 4. “L’art ponederaire, ou la stratigique.”  Vol. 6. “La castrametation.  La fortification par escluses.  La forticication.”

1635
Barriffe, William, 1601?-1643.  Military discipline; or the young artillery-man.  Wherein is discoursed and showne the postures both of musket and pike ...  Together with the motions which are to be used, in the exercising of a foot-company.  With divers and severall formes and figures of battell ...  By William Barriff ...  London, Printed by T. Harper, for R. Mab, 1635.
ICN, Case U 444 .06 (London, 1635); MiU (London, 1635); MiU (London, 1639); ICN, Case U 444 .061 (London, 1643); MiU (London, 1643); MnU (London, 1643); ICN, Case U 444 .062 (London, 1645); ICN, Case U 444 .062 (London, 1648); ICN, Case U 444 .07 (London, 1661); MiU (London, 1661).
Comments:  The 1643, 1648, and 1661 editions are revised and enlarged.  With the 1648 and 1661 editions is also bound Barriffe’s Mar’s, his triumph, London, 1645.  In the 1661 edition is added, Some brief instructions for the exercising of the cavalry ...  “‘Artilleryman’ here means merely ‘soldier.’  This was the most influential English work of its period.”  Spaulding.

Ritratti et elogii di capitani illustri.  Rome, P. Totte, 1635.
ICN, Case U 01 .88 (Rome, 1635).

1637
Monro, Robert, d. 1680?  Monro His Expedition With the Worthy Scots Regiment (Called Mac-Keyes Regiment) levied in August 1626 by Sr. Donald Mac-Key Lord Rhees, Colonell for his Majesties service of Denmark ...  Collected and gathered together at spare-houres, by Colonell Robert Monro.  To which is annexed the Abridgement of Exercise, and divers practicall Observations, for the younger Officer his Consideration; ending with the Souldiers Meditations going on service.  London, Printed by William Jones in Red-Crosse streete, 1637.
ICN (London, 1637); MiU (London, 1637); WU (London, 1637); MnU (London, 1637); MiU, Film Short-title catalogue no. 18022, carton 966 (London, 1637); MiU, UA 796 .M16 M7 1644 (London, 1644); OC1 (London, 1644).
Comments:  The Practicall Observations were apparently published under a separate title in 1644:  The Scotch military discipline learned from the valiant Swede ...  “Robert Munro, a cousin of Robert, Lord Foulis, had, in his youth, served in the Scots Guards of the King of France ...  Included in the Practical Observations are some remarks on regulations to be observed in a garrison town, on treaties, and on artillery.  In the chapter on artillery is a list of books in which references to gunpowder and cannon are to be found.”  Cockle.

Naudé, Gabriel, 1600-1653.  Syntagma de studio militari.  Rome, Jacob Facciotti, 1637.
MiU (Rome,1637); ICN, Case U 0.615 (Rome, 1637).
Comments:  “The first approach to a military bibliography.”  Spaulding.

1638
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.  Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematiche.  Leyden, Elzevir, 1638.
MiU (Leyden, 1638).
Comments:  “The modern treatment of the trajectory of a missile begins with this work.  Galilei was the first to indicate the parabolic character of the curve.”  Spaulding.

Rohan, Henri, duc de, 1579-1638.  Le parfait capitaine, autrement L’abrégé des guerres de Gaule des Commentaires de César, avec quelques remarques sur icelles, suivy d’un recueil de l’ordre de guerre des anciens, ensemble d’un traicté particulier de la guerre.  Revue par l’autheur, et augmenté d’un traicté, De l’interest des princes et estats de la chrestienté.  2 vols.  Paris, A. Courbé, 1638.
ICN, Case U 2 .7542 (Paris, 1638); IaU (Paris, 1642); ICN, Case U 2 .75425 (Paris, 1648); ICN, Case U 2 .7543 (Paris, 1658); ICU (Paris, 1744); English editions:  MiU (London, 1640); IU (London, 1640); ICN, Case U 2 .245 (Cambridge, 1640); MiU, Microfilm short-title catalogue no. 4338, carton 1197 (Cambridge, 1640).
Comments:  With the 1640 Cambridge edition is bound Du Praissac, The art of warre ..., 1639.

1639
Sedgwick, Obadiah, 1600?-1658.  Military discipline for the Christian souldier.  Drawne out in a sermon preached to the captaines and souldiers exercising armes in the artillery garden, at the their generall meeting in Saint Andrew’s Undershaft, in London, October 18, 1638.  By Obadiah Sedgwicke ...  London, Printed by G. Miller for T. Nicholes, 1639.
ICN, Case C 6977.81 (London, 1639); ICU, BX9327 .s45c4 1640 Rare bk room (London, 1639); MiU, Film STC no. 22152 (London, 1639; Ann Arbor, Mich., 1971); OU, Film STC reel 1257 (London, 1639; Ann Arbor, Mich., 1971).
Comments:  For MiU and OU editions:  microfilm of original in the Union Theological Seminary Library, McAlpin Collection.  MiU, microfilm collection:  Early English books, 1475-1640.
 

Ward, Robert.  Anima’dversions of warre; or, A militarie magazine of the truest rules, and ablest instructions, for the managing of warre.  Composed, of the most refined discipline, and choice experiments that these late Netherlandish, and Swedish warres have produced.  With divers new inventions, both of fortifications and stratagems.  As also sundry collections taken out of the most approved authors, ancient and moderne, either in Greeke, Latine, Italian, French, Spanish, Dutch, or English.  In two bookes.  By Robert Ward, gentleman and commander ...    2 vols. in 1.  London, Printed by I. Dawson, 1639.
MiU (London, 1639); ICN, U 0 .954 (London, 1639).
Comments:  [Vol. 2] has title:  Anima’dversions of warre.  The second booke ...

1640
Breen, Adam van, fl. 1618.  De Wapen-handelinge van schilt, spies, rapiers, en targis.  Nae de nieuwe ordere, vanden...prince van Oraignien, Mauritius van Nassauw ...  Door Adam van Breen in figuren ...  The Hague, Ghedruckt ... door H. Hondius, 1640.
ICN, Case 6A 76 (The Hague, 1640).

Forni, Fillippo.  Nuovo stablimento di milizia.  In servitio dell’Italia del Marchese Filippo Forni, governatore dell’armi delli stati, e ducato d’Urbino e di Montefeltro e della città di Pesaro ...  Pesaro, Per Ippolito Censurini, 1640.
MiU (Pesaro, 1640).

Gualdo Priorato, Galeazzo, conte, 1606-1678.  Il guerriero prudente, e politico, del conte Galeazzo Gualdo Priorato ...  Venice, Appresso i Bertani, 1640.
MiU, U 101 .692 (Venice, 1640); ICU, JX4510 .G9 Rare Bk (Venice, 1640).

Marc de Toulisans.  Memoires militeres pour la deffance de la France ...  Par Marc de Toulisans, gentilhomme natif de la ville d’Avignon, seigneur de Lanessan en Medoc.  Manuscript, ca. 1640.
ICN, Case MS +U 0 .548 (Manuscript, ca. 1640).

Ville, Antoine de, 1596-1657.  De la charge des gouverneurs des places.  Dernière édition.  Jouxte la copie imprimée à Paris [Leyden], 1640.
ICN, Case U 26 .22681 (Paris [Leyden], 1640); ICN, U26 .227 (Paris, 1666); German edition:  ICN, U26 .2272 ([N.p., n.d.]).
Comments:  German edition entitled:  Des Commandant-Spiegels oder Gründlicher Unterrichtung.  [See Pollack for comments.]

1641
Collado, Luis.  Prattica manuale dell’artiglieria, opera historica, politica, e militare, dove principalmente si tratta dell’eccellenza, & origine dell’arte militare, e delle machine usate da gli antichi; dell’inventione della polvere, & artiglieria ...  E nel fin e d’un molto copioso & importante essamine de’bombardieri ...  Composta da Luigi Colliado...  Milan, per F. Ghisolfi, & ad instanza di G. B. Bidelli, 1641.
MiU (Milan, 1641).

Fucina di Marte, nella quale ... s’apprestano tutti gli ordini appartenenti à qual si voglia carico, essercitabile in guerra.  Fabbricata da’migliori autori ... ch’abbiano scritto sin’ora in questa materia ...  Venice, Appresso i Giunti, 1641.
ICN, Case U 0 .3146 (Venice, 1641).
Comments:  Contents:--Carichi militari, di fra Lelio Brancaccio.--Regole militari sopra il governo della cavalleria, di fra Lodovico Melzo.--Il mastro di campo generale, di Giorgio Basta conte d’Hust.--Specchio, et disciplina militare, di Francesco di Valdes, nuouamente tradoto dalla lingua spagnuola nella italiana, da Gio. Paolo Gallucci, con un dialogo dell’istesso intorno al formare uno squadrone di gente, & di terreno.--Il governo della cavalleria leggiera, trattato del conte Giorgio Basta.--Origine, eccellenza, e necessità dell’arte militare, di Gio. Battista Colombina.--Disciplina militare, del capitano Enea Cervellino.--Il bombardiero veneto, essaminato dal suo generale, dialogo fatto fracese [dal baron di Sciaban] & tradotto in italiano.--Regole de squadroni di fanterie, del s. Fabio Gallo da Osimo.--Mode breve, e facile per formare squadroni, trouato dal capitanio Francesco Piccinino.--Lo scolare bombardiere ammaestrato di cento cinquanta instruzioni di conoscere, e tirare con l’artiglieria, e molte altre cose, raccolte da Alessandro Chincherni.--Il capo de’bombardieri essaminato & approuato dal generale dell’artiglieria, di Pietro Sardi.  Il capo de’bombardieri has special title-page.

Sardi, Pietro, 1560-ca. 1640.  Il capo de bombardieri essaminato, & approvato dal generale dell’artiglieria.  Opera nuova, utile, e necessarissima à tutti que’che si vogliono essercitare, e far professione di arte tanto honorata di bombardiero, per servitio del suo principe.  Di Pietro Sardi romano ...  Venice, Appresso I. Giunti, 1641.
MiU (Venice, 1641).

1642
Bisaccioni, Majolino, conte, 1582-1663.  Sensi civili ... sopra Il perfetto capitano di H. D. R. e sopra la tactica di Leone imperadore.  Venice, T. Pavoni, 1642.
ICN, U 2 .096  (Venice, 1642).

Cruso, John, d. 1681.  Castrametation, or the measuring out of the quarters for the encamping of an army.  London, R. C. for Andrew Crook, 1642.
MiU (London, 1641).
Comments:  Second title:  The order of military watches.  [In] two parts.

Freitag, Adam.  Architectura militaris nova et aucta, oder newe vermehrte Fortification, von regular Vestungen von irregular-vestungen und russen Wercken.  Von praxi offensira und defensira auff die neweste Niederlandische Praxin gerichtet und beschrieben.  Letzte Edition Verbessert.  Leyden, B. und A. Elzevier, 1642.
ICN, Case fU 26 .316 (Leyden, 1642); MnU (Leyden, 1642); MiU (Amsterdam, 1665); French edition:  ICN, fU 26 .315 (Paris, 1640).
Comments:  First edition published in Leyden, 1631.  French edition translated from the German by Toussaint Quinet.

Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650?.  The first[-third] part of the principles of the art military, practised in the warres of the  United Netherlands, under the command of Highnesse The Prince of Orange our Captaine generall ...  Composed by Captaine Henry Hexham ...  The second edition newly corrected and amended.  Printed for the lovers of the noble art military.  Delft, ... , 1642 [pts. 1-2]; Rotterdam, James Moxon, 1643 [pt. 3].
ICN, Case U 2 .395 (Delft, 1642; Rotterdam, 1643); MiU (Delft, 1642; Rotterdam, 1643).
Comments:  “The three parts, with the appendix, form one of the most valuable military encyclopedias of the time.”  Spaulding.  Each part has special title-page.  Part 3 has imprint, Rotterdam.  Contains many full-page illustrations and a folded plan of the opposing forces at the battle of Nieuport, 1600.

1643
Bonbra, Franciscus David.  Ars belli et pacis.  Sive De bello felicter gerendo, et pace firmiter stabilienda.  Libri duo, ad praesentem Rom. Imperii statum accomodati ...  2 vols. in 1.  Strasburg, Typis S. Galli, 1643.
ICN, Case fU 2 .107 (Strasburg, 1643).

Furtenbach, Joseph, 1591-1667.  Buchsenmeisterey-Schul, darinnen die new angehende Büchsenmeister und Feurwercker, nicht weniger die Zeug-Wartten, in den Fundamenten und rechten Grund der Büchsenmeisterey, auch allerhand Feurwercken zu Schimpff und Ernst, zu Wasser und Land, vom Geringsten biss zum Höchsten, dieselbige in Kurtzer Zeit, beneben guter Vorsichtigkeit, auch ohn einige Leibs Gefahr, mit geringer Mühe und Ersparung viler Unkosten zu erlernen, getrewlich und auffrichtig underwisen und gelehrt werden.  Alles auss eigener Ergahrenbeit gantz vertrewlich beschriben, vermehret, auch mit 45 Kupferblatten delinirt und für Angen gestelt durch Josephum Furttenbach.  Augsburg, Gedruckt bey Johann Schultes, 1643.
MiU (Augsburg, 1643).
Comments:  Gunsmithing.

Fourquevaux, François de Beccarie de Pavie, baron de.  Les vies de plusieurs grands capitaines françois ...  Paris, I. du Bray, 1643.
ICN, Case F 59 .078 (Paris, 1643).

Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650?, trans.  An appendix of the lawes, articles, & ordinances, established for marshall discipline, in the service of the Lords the States Generall of the United Provinces ...  Together, with the articles of quarter for the ransoming of officers and souldiers, agreed and concluded on, betweene the king of Spayne ... and the States Generall of the United Provinces ...  Translated out of Dutch into English, by Captaine Henry Hexham ...  The Hague, Issac Burchoorn, 1643.
MiU (The Hague, 1643); ICN (The Hague, 1643).

Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.  The souldiers exercise:  in three bookes.  Containing most necessary and curious rules for the exact mustering both of horse-troopes, and foote-bands, with severall formes of battailes described in figures ...  3 pt. in 1 vol.  3rd ed.  London, Printed by John Dawson, 1643.
ICN, Case U 1455 .55 (London, 1643); MiU (London, 1643).
Comments:  Each part has a special title-page.  This work is a collective edition of:  The souldier’s accidence ..., by G. M., 1625; and The souldiers grammar ..., by G. M., gent., 1626-27.

1644
Mersenne, Marin, 1588-1648.  Ballistica, et acontismologia, in qua sagittarum, jaculorum, & aliorum missilium jactus, & robur arcuum explicantur.  Paris, sumptibus Antonius Bertier, 1644.
MiU (Paris, 1644); IU (Paris, 1644).
Comments:  “This appears to be the first use of the word ‘ballistica’ in a title.”  Spaulding.

Zonta, Camillo.  Compendioso trattato della militar geometrica professione diviso in due libri.  Nel primo si contengono gli ordini del fortificare in offesa, & difesa.  Nel secondo si dà il modo, & l’ordine di cordurre esserciti, & combattere; assalire fortezze, accampare, & alloggiare.  L’ordine de gli approcci, & di riconoscerla fortezza, di assalira per via de Belloardi, & la maniera di far le mine con l’aggiunta di 25. capitoli di fortificatione.  Venice, Gio. Pietro Pinelli, 1644.
MiU (Venice, 1644).

1645
Cellarius, Andreas.  Architectura militaris.  Amsterdam, Judocus Jansson, 1645.
MiU (Amsterdam, 1645).

Cellarius, Andreas.  Le cours de mathematique.  Paris, François Pelican, 1645.
MiU (Paris, 1645).
Comments:  “About one-half of the work is devoted to fortification.”  Spaulding.

Goldmann, Nicolaus, 1623-1665.  La nouvelle fortification ...  Leyden, 1645.
ICN, Case fU 26 .352 (Leyden, 1645); IEN (Leyden, 1645).
Comments:  Translation of Elementorum architecturae militaris.  Lyon, Ex officinâ Elseviriana, 1643.

Stone, Nicholas, 1586-1647.  Enchiridion of fortification, or A handfull of knowledge in martiall affaires.  Demonstrating both by rule, and figure, (as well mathematically by exact calculations as practically) to fortify any body, either regular, or irregular.  How to runne approaches ... &c.  With many other notable matters belonging to warre ...  Never before imprinted ...  London, M. F. for Richard Royston ..., [1645].
MiU (London, [1645]); ICN (London, [1645]); MnU (London, [1645]).

1646
Alimari, Doroteo.  Bellona recens armis exercita, opus plane noum campestris militiae universa munia sigillatum complecs.  Dorotheo Alimaro auctore.  Venitiis, 1646, Illmo. atque Exmo. Dno. Nicolao Secundo Erizzo Patritio Veneto Mecenati suo amplissimo dictatum.  Venice, 1646.
ICN, Case MS 4A 25 (Venice, 1646).

Malthus, Francis.  Pratique de la guerre.  Contenant l’usage de l’artillerie, bombes & mortiers, feux artificiels & petards, sappes & mines, ponts & pontons, tranchées & travaux.  Paris, I. Guillemot, 1646.
ICN, Case U 444 .548 (Paris, 1646); MiU (Paris, 1648); MnU (Paris, 1650).

Metius, Adriaan Adriaansz, 1570-1635.  Manuale arithmeticae et geometriae practicae in het welcke beneffens de stockrekeninge ofte Rhabdologia I. Nepperi, Kortelijk ende dnydelijk’t gene den Land-meters ende ingeniuers ...  De tweede Editie gecorrigeert, gelijck in de praefatie tot den beserte sien is.  Frankfurt, W. Black, 1646.
MiU (Frankfurt, 1646).

Ritratti et elogii di capitani illustri.  Rome, F. de’Rossi, 1646.
ICN, Wing ZP 635 .M 37 (Rome, 1646).

Starowolski, Szymon, 1588-1656.  Institutorum rei militaris.  Libri VIII.  Florence, Sumptibus I. Baptistae & I. Corbi, 1646.
ICN, U 0 .839 (Florence, 1646).
Comments:  Half-title:  De bello in genere.

1647
Dögen, Matthias, 1605 or 6-1672.  Matthiae Dögen dramburgensis marchichi Architectura militaris moderna, varijs historijs, tam veteribus quam novis confirmata; et praecipuis totius Europae munimetis, ad exemplum adductis exornata.  3 vol. in 1.  Amsterdam, apud Ludovicum Elzevirium ..., 1647.
IU, RBC qx623.1 D677a (Amsterdam, 1647); OCl (Amsterdam, 1647); French edition:  InNd (Amsterdam, 1648); MiU (Amsterdam, 1648); ICN, Case U 26 .23 (Amsterdam, 1648);  German edition:  ICN (Amsterdam, 1648); MnU (Amsterdam, 1648).
Comments:  Contents:  Volume 1 treats regular fortifications.  Volume 2 treats irregular fortifications.  Volume 3 treats laying siege to and defending fortifications.

Lostelneau, de.  Le mareschal de bataille.  Contenant le maniment des armes.  Les evolutions.  Plusieurs bataillons, tant contre l’infantrie que contre la cavalerie.  Divers ordres de batailles.  Avec un bref discours sur les considerations que doit avoir un souverain, avant que de commencer la guerre.  Et  un abregé des functions de generaux d’armées, de mareschaux de camp, & autres principales charges d’icelles ...  Inventé & recueilly par le Sieur de Lostelneau ...  Paris, De l’imprimerie d’Estienne Migon, chez Augustin Courbé, 1647.
ICN, Wing fZP 639 .M 635 (Paris, 1647); MiU, U 101 .L88 (Paris, 1647); MnU (Paris, 1647).

Soares de Brito, Gregorio.  Tratodo de theorica e pratica da guerra do mar e terra ... composto pello capitao & sargento mor, Gregorio Soares de Britto.  Lisbon, Paulo Craesbeeck, 1647.
InU, Lilly U 164 .S676 Mendel (Lisbon, 1647).
Comments:  Barbosa Machado, II, 386, has date, probably in error, 1642, as Innocencio, 3:166, following him, since the latter declares he has not seen a copy.  Approved at S. Domingos de Lisboa, 27 March 1647.  From the library of Charles R. Boxer.

1648
Bernardi, Maro Tullio, 16th-17th cent.  Trattato militare nel quale si contengono varij modi di formare battaglie, ò squadroni, con facilità di nuova inventione.  Bologna, A. Salminicio, 1648.
ICN, U 2 .091 (Bologna, 1648).

Severall politiqve and militarie obervations:  upon the civill, and militarie governments ...  London, R. White, 1648.
ICN, Case J 0 .809 (London, 1648).

1650
Stevin, Simon ,1548-1620.  Materiae politicae.  Burgherlicke stoffen.  Leyden, A. Rosenboom, 1650?
ICN, Case J 0 .8413 (Leyden, 1650?).

1653
La Vallière, François de la Baume Le Blanc de, d. 1647.  Pratique et maximes de la guerre, enseignant les charges des généraux; les devoirs de tous les officiers d’armées; l’ordre de marcher ... avec l’exercice général & militaire de l’infanterie.  Et un Traitte des fortifications nouvelles.  Observations tirees des experiences des plus illustres ... capitaines de ce temps.  Par I. de Laon, sieur Daigremont ...  Paris, Chez le vefu G. Loyson et I. B. Loyson, 1653.
ICN, U 0 .488 (Paris, 1653); MiU (Frankfurt, 1672); Spanish edition:  MiU U 101 .L397 (Madrid, 1676); English edition:  MiU (N.p., 1680?).
Comments:  Traite des fortifications ..., Paris, 1651, with special title-page, and Traitte particulier, both by J. de Laon, sieur Daigremont, are paged separately.

1654
Floriani, Pietro Paulo, 1584-1638.  Difesa et offesa delle piazze.  Opera non solo utile e necessaria à capitani e governatori di fortezze, ma anco di sommo profitto à studiosi dell’histoire militare, cosi antiche, come moderne.  Venice, Francesco Baba, 1654.
MiU (Venice, 1654); MnU (Venice, 1654); WU (Venice, 1654); IU (Venice, 1654); ICN, U 26.3 (Macerata, 1630).

Fournier, Georges, 1595-1652.  Traité des fortifications; ou, Architecture militaire, tirée des places les plus estimées de ce temps, pour leurs fortifications.  Divisé en deux parties.  La première vous met en main les plans, coupes, & elevations de quantité de places fort estimées, & tenuâs pour très-bien fortifiées.  La seconde vous fournit des pratiques faciles pour en faire de semblales.  2. ed. Paris, Chez I. Henault, 1654.
IU, RBC x623.1 F82t2 (Paris, 1654); ICN, Case U 26 .31 (Paris, 1661); MiU (Amsterdam, 1668).

Upton, Nicholas, 1400?-1457.  Nicolai Uptoni, De studio militari, libri quatuor.  Johan. [Joannes] de Bado Aureo, Tractatus de armis.  Henrici Spelmanni, Aspilogia.  Edoardus Bissaevs e codicibus mss. primus publici juris fecit, notisque illustravit.  3 vols.  London, Typis R. Norton, impensis J. Martin, 1654.
ICN, Case fF 07 .92 (London, 1654); IU (London, 1654).
Comments:  Includes:  Bado Aureo, Joannes de, Tractatus de armis, and Spelman, Sir Henry (1564?-1641), Aspilogia, both with special title-page and separate pagination.  Sir Edward Bysshe, 1615?-1679, ed.

1655
Bourdin, Pierre.  L’architecture militaire, ou, L’art de fortifier les places regulieres.  Expliqué, pratiqué, & demontré d’une façon facile, & agreable.  Avec un abregé de la pratique de La geometrie militaire.  Par le r.p. Pierre Bourdin ...  Paris, Chez G. Benard, 1655.
ICN, Case U 26 .11 (Paris, 1655); MiU, UG 400 .B76 (Paris, 1655).
Comments:  Includes Le dessein; ou, La perspective militaire.  Piece tres-facile, et tres necessaire à tous ceux qui desirent de pratiquer l’art de fortifier.  Par le feu p. Pierre Bourdin ...  Paris, Chez G. Benard, 1655.

Tensini, Francesco, 1581-1630.  La fortificatione guardia difesa et espugnatione delle fortezzee.  Venice, Francesco Broggiollo, 1655.
MiU (Venice, 1655); IU (Venice, 1655).

1657
Puente, Pedro de la.  Los soldados en la guardia.  Dividido en quatro discursos, con unos apuntemientos politicos al ultimo dellos ...  Por el coronel Pedro dela Puente ...  Pavia, Por Juan Andres Magro, 1657.
MiU (Pavia, 1657).

Saumaise, Claude de, 1588-1653?.  Cl. Salmassi de Re Militari Romanorum liber.  Opus posthumum.  Lyon, Apud Johannem Elsevirium, Academ. Typograph., 1657.
InU, Lilly DG 89 .S356 (Lyon, 1657); MiU (Lyon, 1657); IU (Lyon, 1657); IEN (Lyon, 1657); InU (Lyon, 1657); OCU (Lyon, 1657); ICU (Lyon, 1657); MiU (Leiden, 1657).

1659
Bettini, Mario.  Recreationum mathematicarum apiaria novissima duodecim; quae continent militaria ...  Bologna, Gio. Battista Ferronio, 1659.
MiU (Bologna, 1659).

Correa, Joao de Medeiros, ?-1671.  Perfeito soldado, e politica militar, dedicado a dom Hieronymo d’Attaide ...  Lisbon, Officina de Henrique Valete de Oliveira, 1659.
InU, Lilly U 101 .C824 Mendel (Lisbon, 1659).

Elton, Richard, fl. 1650.  The compleat body of the art military.  Divided into three books:  the first, contenining the postures of the pike and musket ... the second, comprehending twelve exercises ... the third, setting forth the drawing up & exercising of regiments ... lastly, directions for ordering regiments or private companies to funeral occasions.  Illustrated with variety of figures, of battail ... in a fuller manner than hath been heretofore published.  The second edition with new editions, by Richard Elton ...  London, Printed by R. and W. Leybourn, 1659.
MiU (London, 1659); ICN (London, 1668).
Comments:  “This work, along with Barriffe’s, formed the foundation for the military system of the American colonies.”  Spaulding.

Twysden, John, 1607-1688.  A short treatise of fortifications.  In Foster, Samuel, d. 1652.  Miscellanies:  or Mathematical lucubrations of Mr. Samuel Foster, sometime publicke professor of astronomie in Gresham colledge in London.  Published, and many of them translated into English by the care and industry of John Twysden, C.L.M.D.  Whereunto he hath annexed some things of his own.  The catalogue of all which the following page will shew.  London, Printed, by R. & W. Leybourn, and are to be sold in St. Paul’s church-yard, the Bible upon Ludgate-hill, and at the Middle-Temple-gate in Fleet-street, 1659.
MiU (London, 1659); IU (London, 1659).
Comments:  Seven of the treatises have special title-pages.  Contents and preface are in English and Latin.  The order of the treatises differs from that given in the “Catalogue”.  Contents:  ... [13.] A short treatise of fortifications written by John Twysden, M.D. ...

1660
Schelius, Radbodus Hermannus, 1622-1662, ed.  Hygini Gromatici, et Polybii Megalopolitani, De castris romanis, quae exstant.  Cum notis & animadversionibus, quibus accedunt dissertationes aliquot de re eadem militari populi romani, R. H. S.  Amsterdam, apud Judocum Pluymer, 1660.
ICN, U 135 .792 (Amsterdam, 1660); IEN (Amsterdam, 1660); MiU (Amsterdam, 1660).
Comments:  Concerns military camps based on Roman precedents.

1661
Malthus, Francis.  Traite des feux artificiels pour la guerre, et pour la recreation.  3rd ed.  Paris, Cardin Besongne, 1661.
MiU (Paris, 1661).

1664
Mut, Vicente, 1614-1687.  Arquitectura militar.  Primera parte de las fortificaciones regulares, y irregulares ...  Majorca, En la impr. de F. Oliver, 1664.
ICN, Case U 26 .608 (Majorca, 1664).

1665
Freitag, Adam.  Architectura militaris nova et aucta, oder newe vermehrte Fortification Letzte Edition verbessert.  Amsterdam, Elzevir, 1665.
MiU (Amsterdam, 1665).

Moretti, Tomaso, d. 1675.  Trattato dell’artiglieria.  Venice, Francesco Brogiollo, 1665.
MiU (Venice, 1665); ICN (Brescia, 1672); IU (Brescia, 1672).  English editions:  MnU, 623.1M784 (London, 1683); ICN (London, 1683).
Comments:  English editions include:  Some additions for sea-gunners, by Sir Jonas Moore.  With an appendix of artificial fire-works for war and delight, by  Sir Abraham Dager.

1666
Brioys, Jean.  Nouvelle maniere de fortification.  Composée pour la noblesse françoise, exposée en forme d’elements.  Metz, Au frais de l’autheur, 1666.
ICN, U 2639 .121 (Metz, 1666).
Comments:  68 pages.

La Fontaine, sieur de.  Les fortifications royales, ou, Architecture militaire, par une nouvelle pratique; avec celles de tous les plus excellens autheurs qui ont escrit de cette matiere depuis Henry le Grand, jusqu’à present; & un traité de l’artillerie & usage du canon ...  Par le sr. de la Fontaine ...  Paris, Chez Estienne Loyson, 1666.
MiU (Paris, 1666).
Comments:  Bound with his Nouveau traité de la fortification, 1667.

1667
La Fontaine, sieur de.  Nouveau traité de la fortification, par une pratique cavaliere & si facile, qu’on peut l’apprendre ... sans l’aide des nombres ny des instrumens geometriques ...  Par le sieur de La Fontaine ...  Paris, Chez Estienne Loyson, 1667.
MiU (Paris, 1667).
Comments:  Bound with his Les fortifications royales, 1666.

1668
Boeckler, Georg Andreas, fl. 1648-1685.  Schola militaris moderna oder Neu vermehrte Kriegs-Schule darinnen von den nothwendigsten Sachen die zum Krieg gehören so wohl defensive also offensive gehandelt wird als da seynd:  Gelt, Volk, Geschütz, Munition, Proviant, Vestugen, Schantzen, Läger, Schift-Brücken, Exercitz zu Pferd und zu Fuss Battaillien, sampt den Kriegsrechen Kriegs-Künsten.  Alles in L. Classen  ... an den Tag gegeben.  Frankfurt, T. M. Götz, 1668.
ICN, U 2 .106  (Frankfurt, 1668).
Comments:  1037 pages.

La Fontaine, sieur de.  Les devoirs militaires des officiers d’infanterie et de cavalerie, enseignans le maniâment des armes, les evolutions de l’infanterie & de la cavalerie ... avec la forme de camper ...  Paris, E. Loyson, 1668.
ICN, U 2 .472 (Paris, 1668); ICN, U 2 .474 (Paris, 1671); MiU (Paris, 1671).
Comments:  The 1671 edition was published under a new title:  La doctrine militaire, ou Le parfait general d’armée, contenant le devoir des gens de guerre, les evolutions ou motions des trouppes ... la maniere d’attaquer & defendre les places, selon la pratique de ce temps; le tout representé par quantité de figures.  It is available at MiU and ICN as indicated above.

Malthus, Francis.  Pratique de la guerre.  Paris, Gervais Clousier, 1668.
MiU (Paris, 1668).

Pagan, Blaise François de, comte de Merveilles, 1604-1665.  Les fortifications de monsieur le comte de Pagan.  Avec ses theoremes sur la fortification.  êdition nouvelle.   Brussels, Chez F. Foppens, 1668.
MiU, UG 400 .P13 1668 (Brussels, 1668); ICN, Case fU 26.654 (Paris, 1645); ICN, U 26 .6543 (Paris, 1669).

Tacquet, André, 1612-1660.  Opera mathematica r.p. Andrae Tacquet antverpiensis e Societate Jesu demonstrata et propugnata a Simone Laurentio Veterani ex comitbus Montis Calvi, in collegio Societatis Jesu Lovannii anno MDCLXVIII mense novemb.  Antwerp, Jacobum Meursium, 1669.
MiU (Antwerp, 1668); MiU, QA33 f.T16 (Antwerp, 1669); ICU (Antwerp, 1669); InU, Microprint Q 111 .L2 no. T2 (New York, Readex Microprint, 1970.  12 cards.  Landmarks of Science.) (Antwerp, 1669); MiU (Antwerp, 1668); WU (Antwerp, 1707, 2nd ed.); OU (Manuscripta; microfilms of rare and out-of-print books.  List 79, no. 144.) (Antwerp, 1707, 2nd ed.); ICJ (Antwerp, 1707, 2nd ed.).
Comments:  Contents:  ... Architecturae militaris liber unus ...  “Contains a section of thirty-six pages on ‘Architectura militaris.’“  Spaulding.

167-
Pimentel, Luiz Serrao, 1613-1679.  Tratado da fortificaçao.  Escrita por Luis Serrao Pimentel ...  Resumido per Goncalo Gomes Caldra ...  [N.p., 167-?].
MiU ([N.p., 167-?]).

1670
Marzioli, Francesco.  Precetti militari ...  Bologna, Per l’erede di D. Barbieri, 1670.
ICN, Case fU 0 .554 (Bologna, 1670); MiU, U 101 .M39 1673 (Bologna, 1673).
Comments:  Contents:--Discorso per il maneggio militare della picca.--Discorso per il maneggio militare del moschetto.--Discorso per fare l’esercitio militare delle volutione.--Discorso per formare diverse battaglie.--Discorse per osservare le regole praticate nelle fortezze.--Massime militari.

Nye, Nathaniel, b. 1624.  The Art of Gunnery.  Wherein is described the true way to make all sorts of Gunpowder, Gum[sic]-match, the Art of shooting in great and small Ordnance:  Excellent ways to take Heights, Depths, Distances, accessible, or inaccessible, either single or divers distances at one operation:  to draw the Map or Plot of any City, Town, Castle, or other fortified place.  To make divers sorts of Artificiall Fire-works ... also to cure all such wounds that are curable, which may chance to happen by Gunpowder or Fire-works.  This Treatise is composed for the help of all such Gunners and others, that have charge of Artillery, and are not well versed in Arithmetick and Geometry ...  By Nathaniel Nye Mathematician, Master Gunner of the City of Worcester.  London, Printed for William Leak, at the sign of the Crown in Fleetstreet, between the two Temple Gates, 1670.
MiU (London, 1670).
Comments:  “A treatise of artificiall fire-works ... by Nathaniel Nye”:  pp. 57-102, with special title-page.

Lourenço de Sampaio, Luis.  Discurso politico, e militar emblema que mosta com evidêia advertidos acertos para a conservaçao do princepe & seu estado, quado preciso lhe sea mover a guerra defensiva & offensiva, com subsistencia contra outro, posto que mais poderoso, etc.  Pello mestre de Campo Luis Lourenço de Sampayo.  Lisbon, Antonio Craesbeck de Mello, 1670.
ICN, Greenlee 4547 5192 1670 (Lisbon, 1670).

Stewechius, Godescalcus.  Commentarivs, ad. Flavi Vegeti Renati libros, De re militari.  [Vesaliae ?], Hoogenhuysen, 1670.
ICN, U 2 .845 (*Vesaliae, 1670); MiU ([Vesaliae ?], 1670).

Stubbs, Henry, 1632-1676.  Legends no histories; or, A specimen of some animadversions upon The history of the Royal society; wherein ... sundry mistakes about the making of salt-petre and gun-powder are detected, and rectified:  whereunto are added two discourses, one of Pietro Sardi, and another of Nicolas Tartaglia, relating to that subject; translated out of Italian ...  Together with the Plus ultra of Mr. Joseph Glanvill reduced to a non-plus, &c.  By Henry Stubbe ...  London, 1670.
IU (London, 1670); ICU (London, 1670).
Comments:  Includes treatises by Pietro Sardi (1560-ca. 1640) and Niccolò Tartaglia (d. 1557).

Vegtius, Renatus Flavius.  Veteres de re militari scriptores quotquot extant, nunc prima vice in unum redacti corpus.  I. Flavii Vegetii Renati Institutorum rei militaris libri v.  II. Sexti Julii Frontini Strategematum & Strategeticon libri iv.  III. Claudius Aelianus De instruendis aciebus.  IV. Modestus De vocabulis rei militaris.  V. Polybius De militia & castrametatione Romanorum.  VI. Aeneae Poliorceticus. seu De toleranda obsidione.  VII. Incerti auctoris, De re militari opusculum, quod M. Tullio Ciceroni vulgò inscribitur.  Accedunt Godescalci Stewechii ...  In Fl. Vegetium commentarius.  II. Ejusdem Conjectanea, & Francisci Modii Notae in Sex. Jul. Frontinum.  III. Petri Scriverii In Fl. Vegetium & Sex. Jul. frontinum animadversiones.  [Vesaliae Clivorum ?], ex officina, Andreae ab Hoogenhuysen, 1670.
InU, Lilly U101 .V4 1670 ([Vesaliae Clivorum ?], 1670).

1671
Albemarle, George Monk, 1st Duke of, 1608-1670.  Observations upon military and political affairs.  Written by the Most Honourable George Duke of Albemarle, &c.  London, Printed by A. C. for Henry Mortlocke, and James Collins, 1671.
ICN, Case fU 2 .02  (London, 1671); MiU (London, 1671).
Comments:  “Written  in 1646, although not then published, ‘and thus presents General Monk’s continental rather than his English military experience.’” Spaulding.

La Fontaine, sieur de.  La doctrine militaire, ou Le parfait general d’armée, contenant le devoirs des gens de guerre, les evolutions ou motions des trouppes ... la maniere d’attaquer & defendre les places, selon la pratique de ce temps; le tout representé par quantité de figures.  Par le sieur de La Fontaine ...  Paris, E. Loyson, 1671.
MiU (Paris, 1671); ICN (Paris, 1671).

1672
Lamont, de.  Les fonctions de tous le officiers de l’infanterie, depuis celle du sergent jusques à celle du colonel ...  Par monsieur de Lamont, capitaine & major de la ville de Toulon.  Jouxt la copie imprimée à Paris.  A Frankfurt, Chez W. Serlin, et imprimé, chez I.-G. Drullman, 1672.
MiU, UD 144 .L23 1672 (Paris, 1672); MiU, UD 144 .L23 1675 (Paris, 1675); English edition:  ICN, Case U 0 .474 (Philadelphia, 1776).
Comments:  French and German on opposite pages.  Bound with La Vallière F. de La Baume Le Blanc, Pratique et maximes de la guerre, 1672.  The (Paris, 1675) edition includes Essence, et abregé de toutes les ordonnances et reglemens que le roy a fait faire depuis 1651, jusques à present [1667], the most active period of Le Tellier’s reforms:  pp. 115-159.  First published in 1667.

Mallet, Alain Manesson, 1630-1706.  Les travaux de Mars, ou La fortification nouvelle tant reguliere, qu’irreguliere.  Divisée en trois parties.  La première contient la construction des places regulières, citadelles & dehors ...  La seconde partie donne & examine les diverses constructiones ou methodes de fortifier toutes sortes de villes ...  La derniere donne la connoissance des materiaux qui servent à l’élevation des ramparts, parapets, & chemises des villes ...  3 pts. in 1 vol.  Jouxte la copie a Paris, 1672.
ICN, U 26 .553 (Paris, 1672); ICN, Case U 26 .5531 (Paris, 1684-85 [v.1, ‘85]); MiU (Paris, 1684-85); OU, Rare Book Coll. U 101 M3 1684 (Amsterdam, 1684-85); ICJ (The Hague, 1696); MnU (The Hague, 1696); German editions:  ICN, Case U 26 .55318 (Amsterdam, 1672); ICN U 26 .5532 (Amsterdam, 1687); Dutch edition:  MiU, U 101 .M258 1686 (Amsterdam, 1686).
Comments:  In the Paris, 1672 edition each volume [part] has also an engraved title-page:  Den arbeid van Mars,  Amsterdam, Joannes Janssonius van Waesberge, 1672.  The Amsterdam, 1684-85 edition has additional engraved title-pages; volume 1 has the imprint date 1685.  The Amsterdam, 1672 edition has additional title-pages, engraved:  Den argeid van Mars.  “A picture book with over five hundred illustrations depicting various phases of the military art.”  Spaulding.  The Amsterdam, 1684-85 edition claimed to be the last edition.

Manlyn, Daniel.  Pyrotechnia, of Konstige vuuwerken, waer in wort seer duydelijck beschreven de manier van het maken en toestellen an allerley vuuwercken tot vermaeck, het zy loopende of staende ... door D. M.  2 vols. in 1.  Rotterdam, Gedruckt by H. Rijckhals, 1672 [1671].
MiU (Rotterdam, 1672, [1671]); O (Rotterdam, 1672, [1671]); MiU (Amsterdam, 1673).
Comments:  Volume 2 of the Rotterdam, 1672 [1671] edition has special title-page only:  Pur erga yslatryan of te Vuuwerken tot dienst ...

Venn, Thomas, Captain.  Military & maritime discipline in three books:  Book I. Military observations or tacticks put into practice for the exercise of horse and foot ... with Sir Francis Veres directions for officers ...  By Captain Thomas Venn.  Book II. An exact method of military architecture ...  Rendered int English by John Lacey, out of the works of ... Andrew Tacquet.  Together with corrections made by the Count de Pag’an and Sr. Sam. Moreland’s methods of delineating ... fortifications.  Book III. The compleat gunner ...  Translated out of Casimir, Diego, Uffano and Hexam, &c. To which is added The doctrine of projects applied to gunnery by Galilaeus and Torricellio ...  3 vols. in 1.  London, R. Pawlet, 1672.
ICN, Case fU 0 .9377 (London, 1672); MiU (London, [E. Tyler and R. Holt], 1672).

1673
Gualdo Priorato, Galeazzo, conte, 1606-1678.  Teatro del Belgio ... con le piante della citta e fortezze principali.  Frankfurt, 1673.
MiU (Frankfurt, 1673); ICN (Frankfurt, 1673).
Comments:  “Contains double-page plans of the fortifications of 120 towns in the Low Countries.”  Spaulding.

Manlyn, Daniel.  Pyrotechnia, of konstige Vuur-werken.  Amsterdam, Baltes Boekhole, 1673.
MiU (Amsterdam, 1673).

Moore, Sir Jonas, 1617-1679.  Modern fortification:  or, Elements of military architecture.  Practised and designed by the latest and most experienced ingeneers of this last age, Italian, French, Dutch, and English.  And the manner of defending and besieging forts and places.  With the use of a joynt-ruler or sector, for the speedy description of any fortification.  By Sir Jonas Moore ...  London, Printed by W. Godbid, for Nathaniel Brooks ..., 1673.
MnU (London, 1673); MiU (London, 1673); MiU (London, 1689); ICN, Case U 26 .59 (London, 1689).

Moore, Sir Jonas, 1617-1679.  Modern fortification ...  London, Obadiah Blagrave, 1689.

1674
Anderson, Robert.  The genuine use and effects of the gunne ... with tables of projection ...  By Thomas Streete.  London, J. Darby for William Berry and Robert Morden, 1674.
MiU (London, 1674).

Bitainvieu, sieur de, pseud. (or Du Breuil, Jean), 1602-1670.  L’art universel des fortifications.  3rd ed.  Paris, Jacques Du Breuil, 1674.
MiU Paris, 1674).

Moore, Sir Jonas, 1617-1679.  A mathematical compendium; or, Useful practices in arithmetick, geometry, and astronomy, geography and navigation, embattelling, and quartering of armies, fortification and gunnery, gauging and dyalling.  Explaining the logarithms, with new indices; Nepairs rods or bones; making of movements, and the application of pendulums:  with the projection of the sphere for an universal dyal, &c.  Collected out of the notes and papers of Sir Jonas Moore.  By Nicholas Stephenson.  London, Printed and sold by Nathanael Brooke at the Angel in Cornhill, 1674.
MiU (London, 1674); MiU (London, 1681); InU (London, 1705); MiU (London, 1705).

1675
Paffenrode, Johan van, vrijheer van Ghussigny, 1618-1673.  Der Griken en Romeynen Krygs-handel; ofte Beschrijvinge van de Griekse en Roomse landmilitie.  Doorgaens verçiert met kopere platen.  Gorinchem, By Paulus Vink, 1675.
MiU (Gorinchem, 1675); ICU 1 U 29 .P17 (Rare) (Gorinchem, 1675).

1676
Porroni, Annibale, marchese, 1623-1684.  Trattato universale militare moderno del marchese Annibale Porroni ...  Diviso in sei libri ...  Venice, Per Francesco Nicolini, 1676.
MiU (Venice, 1676).
Comments:  First published in 1666.

1677
Binning, Thomas.  A light to the art of gunnery.  London, J. D. for the author, 1677.
MiU (London, 1677).

Orrery, Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of, 1621-1679.  A treatise of the art of war:  dedicated to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty.  And written by the Right Honourable Roger Earl of Orrery.  [London], In the Savoy, Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringham, 1677.
ICN, Case fU 2 .64 (STC II 0 499) ([London], 1677); MiU ([London], 1677).

Philippes (or Phillippes), Henry.  A mathematical manual; containing tables of logarithmes for numbers, sines, and tangents.  With the manifold use thereof briefly explained and applied in arithmetick, geometry, astronomy, geography, surveying, navigation, dialling, gunnery, and gauging.  By Henry Phillippe.  London, by A. Clark for W. Fisher, E. Thomas, J. Northcot and E. Hurlock, 1677.
WU (London, 1669); MiU (London, 1677).
Comments:  “Gives tables for use with certain types of mortars.”  Spaulding.  First published in 1669.

1678
Gaya, Louis de.  The art or war, and the way that it is at present practised in France ...  Wherein the duties and functions of all the officers of horse and foot, artillery and provisions, from the general of the army to the private souldier, are treated of:  with the method of conducting armies, encamping, besieging and giving of battel ...  Written in French ...  Translated for publick satisfaction and advantage.  2 pts. in 1 vol.  London, R. Harford, 1678.
ICN, Case U 2 .332 (STC II 398) (London, 1678); MiU (London, 1678).
Comments:  Part 2 has caption title only.

Gaya, Louis de.  Traité des armes, des machines de guerre, des feux d’artifice, des enseignes & des instrumens militaires anciens & modernes; avec la maniere dont on s’en sert presentement dans les armées, tant françoises qu’etrangeres, enrichi de figures.  Par le sieur de Gaya, cy-devant capitaine dans le regiment de Champagne.  Paris, Chez Sébastien Cramoisy, ruâ saint Jacques, à La Renommée, 1678.  Avec privilege.
MiU (Paris, 1678); MnU (Paris, 1678); ICN (Paris, 1678); ICJ (London, 1911); MiU (London, 1911); OClW (London, 1911).
Comments:  In this edition (Paris, 1678), the illustrations are woodcuts; in another (earlier?) edition with the same imprint, the illustrations are etched on copper by N. Guérard.  The London, 1911 edition was edited by Charles Ffoulkes with a preface by Viscount Dillon.

La Fontaine, sieur de.  The military duties of the officers of cavalry, containing the way of exercising the horse, according to the practice of this present time.  The motions of horse, the functions of the several officers, from the chief captain, to the brigadeer.  Written originally in French, by the sieur de La Fontain ...  And translated for the use of those who are desirous to be informed of the art of war, as it is practised in France.  [Trans.] by A.L.  London, Robert Harford, 1678.
MiU (London, 1678); MnU (London, 1678).
Comments:  Bound with Gaya, Louis de, The art of war ..., London, 1678.

1680
Digges, Thomas, d. 1595.  Englands defence.  A treatise concerning invasion:  or, A brief discourse of what orders were best for repulsing of foreign forces, if at any time they should invade us by sea in Kent, or elsewhere.  Exhibited in writing to the Right Honourable Robert Dudley earl of Leicester, a little before the Spanish invasion, in the year 1588.  By Thomas Diggs esq; muster-master general of all Her Majesty’s forces in the Low-Countries.  To which is now added, An account of such stores of war, and other materials as are requisite for the defence of a fort, a train of artillery, and for a magazine belonging to a field army.  And also a list of the ships of war, and the charge of them, and the land-forces designed by Parliament against France, anno 1678.  Also a list of the present governors of the garrisons of England ...  Lastly, the wages of officers and seamen serving in His Majesty’s fleet at sea per month.  Collected by Thomas Adamson, master-gunner of His Majest’s train of artillery, anno 1673 ...  London, Printed for F. Haley, 1680.
MiU (London, 1680); MnU (London, 1680); IaU (London, 1680).

Pimentel, Luis Serrao, 1613-1679.  Methodo lusitanico de desenhar as fortificac, oens das pracas regulares & irregulares, fortes de campanha e outras obras pertencentes a architectura militar ...  Lisbon, A. Craesbeeck de Mello, 1680.
InU, Lilly UG 400 .P6 Mendel (Lisbon, 1680); MiU (Lisbon, 1680).

1681
Gualdo Priorato, Galazzo, conte.  Arte della guerra, o sia Maneggio moderno dell’armi.  Con alcune particole de Gioseppe Leoncini.  Rome, Per il Bernabò, 1681.
ICN, U 0 .372 (Rome, 1681).

1682
Rohault, Jacques.  Oeuvres posthumes.  Paris, Chez Guillaume Desprez, 1682.
MiU (Paris, 1682); ICJ (Paris, 1682).
Comments:  “Includes a Traité des fortifications of 106 pages.”  Spaulding.

Whitmore, Christopher.  Treatise of the English military discipline, both the old way, and the shortest way now in use.  London, Printed by J. Grantham, 1682.
MiU (London, 1682).

1683
Blondel, François, 1618-1686.  L’art de jetter les bombes.  Paris, Chez l’autheur et Nicolas Langlois, 1683.
MiU (Paris, 1683); WU (Paris, 1683).
Comments:  “Written in 1675, but Louis XIV forbade its publication at that time, for fear that his enemies might profit by it.”  Spaulding.

Capra, Alessandro, ca. 1609-ca. 1683.  La nuova architettura militare d’antica rinovata da Alessandro Capra ... divisa in trè parti, con l’indice, e lore argomenti ...  Bologna, Per Giacomo Monti, 1683.
MiU (Bologna, 1683).

Crasso, Lorenzo.  Elogii di capitani illustri.  Venice, Combi e Là Noù, 1683.
ICN, U 01 .197 (Venice, 1683); MiU (Venice, 1683); ICU (Venice, 1683); OU (Venice, 1683).

Naudé, Gabriel, 1600-1653.  ... Bibliographia militaris in Germania, primum ed. cura G. Schubarti.  Jena, Ex officina Nisiana, 1683.
MiU, 355 N29 1683 (Jena, 1683); ICN (Jena, 1683); IU, 907 W56d 1684 (Cantabrigiae [Cambridge], 1684); MiU (Halle, 1712); MiU-L (Halle, 1712);  French edition:  WU (Paris, 1642).
Comments:  Gabriel Naudé also wrote Bibliographia politica.

Turner, Sir James, 1615-1686.  Pallas armata.  Military essayes of the ancient Grecian, Roman, and modern art of war.  Written in the years 1670 and 1671.  By Sir James Turner, knight.  London, Printed by M. W. for Richard Chiswell at the Rose and crown in S. Paul’s church-yard, 1683.
ICN, Case fU 2 .89 (London, 1683); MnU (London, 1683); IaU (London, 1683).

1685
Chales, Claude François Milliet de, 1621-1678.  L’art de fortifier, de defendre, et d’attaquer les places, suivant les methodes françoises, hollandoises, italiennes & espagnoles.  Paris, Chez A. Moetjens, 1685.
ICN U 26 .161 (Paris, 1685); MiU UG 400 .C44 1684 (Paris, 1684); MnU (Paris, 1677); ICN (Paris, 1677).

Courtilz, Gatien de, sieur de Sandras.  La conduite de Mars, necessaire à tous ceux qui font la profession des armes ... autorisée d’exemples arrivés dans ces derniers temps avec des mémoires contenant divers évenemens remarquables arrivés pendant la guerre d’Holande.  The Hague, H. van Bulderen, 1685.
ICN, Case U 2 .196 (The Hague, 1685); MiU (The Hague, 1685)
Comments:  Also ascribed to Du Buisson, probably a pseudonym of de Courtilz.

1686
Blondel, François, 1618-1686.  Nouvelle maniere de fortifier les places.  Edition nouvelle.  The Hague, Arnout Leers, 1686.
MiU (The Hague, 1686); WU (The Hague, 1684).

1688
Flaemitzer, Johann Nicolaus.  Politico-militarischer Staats-Minister.  Oder vielmehr:  Prudentia politico-militaris.  Das ist; Eine gründliche Anweisung was bey der zur Conservation eines Reichs nothwendigen militarischen Staats-Administrations, so zu Friedens- als Kriegs-Zeiten sowol in procurir- und Stifftung der Kriegs-Allianzen als auch in locuplitirung des Ærarii militaris, und dann einer wol-instruirten Miliz ... wie auch bey tractir- und Schliessung eines Friedens zu observiren seye ...  Nuremberg, B. J. Endters, 1688.
ICN, U 0 .303 (Nuremberg, 1688).

S[teed], Capt. J[ohn].  Fortification and military discipline in two parts.  The first shews the principles and practice of all manner of fortifications, regular or irregular, as now used by the Dutch, English, Italian, German, and French ingeniers ...  The second part treats of the rules for the exercise of horse and foot, with all sorts of instructions and other observations belonging to the whole art of war, as now practised.  All illustrated with 54 copper plates.  Improved and designed by Capt. J. S. [John Steed].  2 vol. in 1.  London, Robert Morden, 1688-89.
MiU (London, 1688-89); ICN, Case U 26 .308 (STC II S 61) (London, 1688-89).
Comments:  Volume 2 has special title-page:  Military discipline; or, The art of war.  Shewing directions for the postures in exercising of the pike and musket, the dragoons, granadeers, and horse ...  2d ed. with many additions and corrections.

1689
Dilich, Wilhelm Schäffer, called, d. 1655.  Wilhelmi Dilichii ... Hochuernünfftig gegründet und auffgerichtete, in gewisse Classen eingetheilte ...  Krieges-Schule ...  Frankfurt, In Verlegung J. D. Zunners, 1689.
ICN, Case fU 0 .233 (Frankfurt, 1689); MiU (Frankfurt, 1689).

Science militaire, contanant L’A.B.C. d’un soldat.  L’art de la guerre.  Et le directeur general des fortifications.  De mr. de Vauban.  The Hague, A. Moetjens, 1689.
ICN, Case U 0 .79 (The Hague, 1689).

1690
Anderson, Robert.  To hit a mark, as well upon ascents and descents, as upon the plain of the horizon.  London, Robert Morden, 1690.
MiU (London, 1690).

Chales, Claude François Milliet de, 1621-1678.  Cursus seu mundus mathematicus.  4 vols.  Leyden, Anissonios, J. Posuel and C. Rigaud, 1690.
MiU (Leyden, 1690); ICJ (Leyden, 1690); ICN (Leyden, 1690); MnU (Leyden, 1690).
Comments:  “Treats of fortification and explosives also.”  Spaulding.

Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720.  Introduction a la fortification.  Dediée a monseigneur le duc de Bourgogne.  Par son tres humble serviteur de Fer.  3 vols. in 1.  Paris, Chez l’autheur, [1690]-93 [i.e. ‘94?].
IU, x623.1 F37i (Paris, [1690]-93 [i.e. ‘94?]); ICN, Case +U 26 .2919 (Paris, 1705); ICN (Paris, 1723).

Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720.  Les forces de l’Europe ou description des principales villes avec leurs fortifications.  8 pts. in 1 vol.  Paris, chez l’auteur, 1690-95.
MiU (Paris, 1690-95); OU (Paris, 1690-95); MiU (Paris, 1695); ICN (Paris, 1695-96).

Gesellschaft der Constafleren und Feuerwerkern im Zeughausse zu Zürich, A¯, 1712.  [Zurich, 1690-1793].  New Year’s card, frontispiece.
MiU (Zurich, 1690-1793).
Comments:  81 New Year’s cards.  “From 1689 to 1798 this ‘honourable artillery company’ had headquarters in the arsenal at Zurich.  Cards were published annually ...  Fortification, the attack of cities, manufacture of powder and cannon, and many other matters are thus treated.”  Spaulding.

Gottscheer, Martin, 1648-1731.  Philosophia polemica.  Secundum aphorismos Aristoteli Stagritae cum annotationibus tum philosophicis, tum strategicis ex variis desumptis.  In celeberrima Universitate graecensi publicae disputationi proposita a d. Joanne Georgio Krassnigg ... philosophiae baccalaureo, & pro suprema ejusdem laurea candidato.  Praeside r.p. Martin Gottseer ...  Graecii [i.e. Graz], Apud Haerdes Widmanstadii, 1690.
InU, Lilly PA 3890 .A99 G68 1690 (Graz, 1690); MiU (Graz, 1690).
Comments:  Selected quotations from Aristotle with brief explanations and longer applications to military science.  Plates show military manoeuvres and fortifications.

Hyginus et Polybius.  De castris Romanis.  With commentary of Rabodi Hermanni Schelii.  Amsterdam, J. Pluymer, 1690.
MiU (Amsterdam, 1690).

Puységur, Jacques de Chastenet, seigneur de, 1601-1682.  Les memoires de messire Jacques de Chastenet, chevalier, seigneur de Puysegur, colonel du regiment de Piedmont, et lieutenant general des armées du roy.  Sous les regnes de Louis XIII. & de Louis XIV.  Donnez au public par M. Du Chesne ...  Avec des Instructions militaires ...  2 vols. in 1.  Amsterdam, Chez A. Wolfgang, 1690.
OU, RBC DC 123.9 P8 A3 1690 (Amsterdam, 1690).
Comments:  The Amsterdam, 1690 edition contains Instructions militaires:  pp. 463-524.

Puységur, Jacques de Chastenet, seigneur de, 1601-1682.  Les mémoires de messire Jacques de Chastenet, chevalier, seigneur de Puységur, colonel du regiment de Piémont, et lieutenant général des armées du roy.  2 vols.  Paris, J. Morel, 1690.
ICN F 3923 .719 (Paris, 1690).

1691
Du Torar, Sieur.  Leçons de geometrie pratique:  expliquant la science des ingenieurs, arpenteurs, toiseurs, & commissaires d’artillerie.  Par une methode nouvelle, courte, facile, & demontrée par le sieur Du Torar ...  2. ed. reveuë & augmentée par l’auteur.  Paris, Chez Laurent d’Houry, 1691.
MiU (Paris, 1691).
Comments:  “A large part of this work is devoted to fortification.”  Spaulding.

Vauban, Sébastien le Prestre de.  The new method of fortification ...  made English by Abel Swall.  London, Abel Swall, 1691.
MiU (London, 1691).

1692
Alimari, Doroteo.  Instruttioni militari.  Nuremberg, 1692.
MiU (Nuremberg, 1692).

Du Fay, abbé.  Manière de fortifier selon la methode de Monsieur de Vauban.  Avec un traité préliminaire des principles de geométrie.  Amsterdam, Chez A. Braekman, 1692.
MiU UG 400 .D85 1692 (Amsterdam, 1692); IU 623.1 D872v1702 (Amsterdam, 1702); ICN U 26 .244 (Paris, 1718).
Comments:  First edition 1681.  Numerous editions of this work, by Abbé Du Fay and De Cambray, a French engineer, were published in Paris and Amsterdam between 1681 and 1771.  Most editions bore Du Fay’s name only.  De Cambray’s name appeared alone on the Amsterdam, 1689 edition, while the Paris 1694 edition was issued under both names.  Du Fay wrote the geometrical part and De Cambra the material on fortification.

Gaya, Louis de.  Le nouvel art de la guerre, et la maniere dont on la fait aujourd’huy en France.  Augmenté d’une nouvelle methode d’exercer les troupes d’infanterie, de cavalerie, & de dragons.  Ensemble de la maniere dont se doivent gouverner les officiers.  Paris, E. Michallet, 1692.
ICN U 2 .3319 (Paris, 1692).

1693
Clermont, sieur de.  La geometrie pratique de l’ingenieur.  Strasbourg, Frid. Guil. Schmuck, 1693.
MiU (Strasbourg, 1693).
Comments:  “Treats of fortification also.”  Spaulding.

Sturm, Johann Christoph.  Mathesis compendiaria ... altera vice ... edita.  Altdorf, Heinrich Meyer, 1693.
MiU (Altdorf, 1693).
Comments:  “Contains a series of tables on mathematical subjects, and has a section on ‘Architectura militaris.’“--Spaulding, no. 210.

1694
Dawson, George.  Origo legum.  London, Richard Chiswell, 1694.
MiU (London, 1694).

De Graaf, Abraham.  De geheele Mathesis of Wiskonst.  Amsterdam, J. ten Hoorn, 1694.
MiU (Amsterdam, 1694).
Comments:  “De Graaf published a series of mathematical textbooks; in his geometry he included fortification.”  Spaulding.

De Graaf, Abraham.  Derde druk.  Amsterdam, J. Loots and A. van Damine, 1717.
MiU (Amsterdam, 1717).
Comments:  This is another edition of De Graaf’s De geheele Mathesis of Wiskonst, Amsterdam, 1694.

Ozanam, Jacques, 1640-1717.  Traité de fortification, contenant les methodes anciennes & modernes pour la construction & la deffense des places, et la maniere de les attaquer, expliquée plus au long qu’elle n’a été jusques à present.  Par monsieur Ozanam ...  Paris, Chez Jean Jombert, 1694.
MiU (Paris, 1694); ICN, U 26 .649 (Paris, 1694); English edition:  MnU (London, 1711 [1712]).
Comments:  The English edition is illustrated with 46 “curious” copper plates and was translated and amended by J. T. Desaguiliers.  Included is, “an appendix, containing a true and short account of Mr. Vauban’s manner of fortifying:  taken from a French book, publish’d by the abbot Du Fay ...”:  p. 193-204.

1696
Fernández de Medrano, Sebastián, 1646-1705.  L’ingenieur pratique, ou, L’architecture militaire et moderne, contenant la fortification reguliere & irreguliere, avec une nouvelle methode de l’auteur, la fabrique des ramparts & des murailles, des quartiers, magazins, &c. ...  Par le general de bataille don Sebastian Fernandez de Medrano ...  Brussels, Chez Lambert Marchant, 1696.
MiU (Brussels, 1696).
Comments:  Originally written in Spanish; rewritten in French by the author, cf. Preface.

1697
Nodot, François, 17th cent.  Le munitionaire des armées de France, qui enseigne à fournir les vivres aux troupes avec toute l’oeconomie possible.  Ce traité contient l’employ particulier du munitionaire.  Celui du general des vivres.  L’ordre, & la regie des equipages.  Les instructions pour tous les commis, avec la reformation des abus & des fautes qu’ils commettent contre le service des troupes, & les interêts du munitionaire ... aussi la maniere ancienne dont on faisoit les vivres en France; avec les edits de creation des charges de surintendans des vivres de tresoriers, & de commissaires qui y étoient préposés dans chaque election du roiaume.  Par M. Nodot ...  Paris, se vend chez Cusson & Wit; Brussels, chez Foppens; etc., etc., 1697.
MiU, UC 265 .F8 N76 (Paris & Brussels, 1697); ICN, U 139 .628 (Paris, 1697).
Comments:  The ICN edition lists a publication date of 1697, but since it cites examples from 1702, so the earlier date must be an error.

Re, Elia del, 1654-1733.  Aritmetica, e geometria prattica, composta dal Elia del Rè ...  2 vols.  Naples, Nella stamparia di Carlo Troyse, e Giovan-Domenico Pietroboni, 1697.
MiU (Naples, 1697); MiU (Naples, 1733).
Comments:  “Treats also of military geometry and the square battle array, illustrated by thirty-six plates.”  Spaulding.

1698
Lydius, Jacobus, 1610-1679.  Jacobi Lydii Syntagma sacrum de re militari:  nec non De jure jurando dissertatio philologica.  Opus postumum & multa eruditione commendatum cum figuris aeneis elegantissime incisis, quod nunc primum ex tenebris eruit, notisque illustravit.  Salomon van Til ...  Dordrecht, C. Willegardum, 1698.
ICN, U 0 .528 (Dordrecht, 1698); MnU (Dordrecht, 1698); ICU (Dordrecht, 1698); MiU (Dordrecht, 1698).
Comments:  Concerns military oaths.

Toland, John, 1670-1722, [supposed author].  The militia reform’d; or An easy scheme of furnishing England with a constant land-force, capable to prevent or to subdue any forein power; and to maintain perpetual quiet at home, without endangering the publick liberty ...  London, Printed for J. Darby and sold by A. Bell, 1698.
ICN, Case U 145 .66 (London, 1698); ICU, DA 430 .E6 no. 225 Rare bk (London, 1698); MnU (London, 1698).
Comments:  94 pages.

1699
Charles V, duke of Lorraine, 1643-1690.  Political and military observations, remarks and maxims, of Charles V. late duke of Lorrain, general of the emperor’s forces.  From a manuscript left by him, and never printed before ...  London, J. Jones [etc.], 1699.
ICN, UO .163 (London, 1699).

Kreus, Peter von der.  Neu erfundene Krieges-Bau-Kunst:  begreiffend unterschiedene vornehme Krieges-Ubungen [sic] und Exercitia:  sambt viele profitable Anweisungen und Andeutungen, auch wie man auf eine gantz leichte Art ...  Festungen abreissen, fortificiren und in Grund legen lernen kan [sic]: allen Liebhabern und denen Krieges-Waffen Ergebenen zum Nutzen heraus gegeben und ans Licht gebracht durch P. V. D. Kreus ...  [--?] Brieg, Gedruckt mit Jacobischen Schriften, 1699.

InU, Lilly DD 102.7 .K92 N47 ([--?] Brieg, 1699).