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WALLHAUSEN, Johann Jacobi von. Ritterkunst. Darinnen begriffen I.Ein trewhertziges Warnungschreiben wegen dess Betrüben Zustands jetziger Christenheit. II. Underricht aller Handgriffen so ein jeder Cavallirer hochnötig zu wissen bedarff. Frankfurt am Main: Paul Jacobi for Lucas Jennis, 1616.
4° (185 x 145mm.). Title with engraved border, full-page engraved coat-of-arms of the dedicatees, 13 folding engraved plates by E. Kiefer and ?others. (Tear in plate number 12, title close-shaved at outer margin, some general light browning.) Old sheep (rebacked). Provenance: F.C. Koch of Rotterdam (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION AND VERY RARE. The first 75 pp. consist of a dissertation on the need for Christendom to defend itself against the encroaching Ottoman Empire. The second illustrated part contains 13 chapters with a folding engraved plate each, providing step-by-step instruction for the fully armoured knight in the art of single combat. An edition in French (with the same imprint) was published in the same year.
4° (185 x 145mm.). Title with engraved border, full-page engraved coat-of-arms of the dedicatees, 13 folding engraved plates by E. Kiefer and ?others. (Tear in plate number 12, title close-shaved at outer margin, some general light browning.) Old sheep (rebacked). Provenance: F.C. Koch of Rotterdam (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION AND VERY RARE. The first 75 pp. consist of a dissertation on the need for Christendom to defend itself against the encroaching Ottoman Empire. The second illustrated part contains 13 chapters with a folding engraved plate each, providing step-by-step instruction for the fully armoured knight in the art of single combat. An edition in French (with the same imprint) was published in the same year.