GARRARD, William

by William Garrard

£18,000 · Offered by Sokol Books

Unsophisticated copy of this first edition treatise on war, which has been called the fullest contemporary account of the organization and equipment of 16th century artillery units (Webb, 1955, 197). It advertises itself as the onely rare booke of myllitarie profession: drawne out of all our late and forraine services . The book promises to cover the true steppes of warre, the perfect path of knowledge, and the playne plot of warlike exercises , and to shew and teach the order of the Fielde, the duety of Officers, the charge of Generals, the arte of Warre, the whole discipline belonging to the exercises of Armes, and marshalling of a Campe and Armie . The work chiefly contains descriptions of the establishing, manning, and equipping of virtually every possible battle formation and troop encampment (Acheson, 2011, 152). Garrard combines classical military theory with personal experience, and reflects on contemporary developments in the technology of warfare. He coined the phrase loop-hole in this work, in relation to the building of a fortification. His writing is clearly influenced by contemporaries, particularly Digges and Thomas Styward. The 7 folding woodcut plates depict elaborate encampments and formations, and include representations of soldiers, cannons, fortifications, and geographical features. This text features 72 woodcut illustrations as well as the 7 foldouts of varying sizes. Some 25 of the illustrations are diagrams formed with type characters used for the rest

• Binding: Hardcover

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