The double-armed man, by the new inuention : briefly shewing some famous exploits atchieued by our Brittish bowmen: with seuerall portraitures proper for the pike and bow. / By W.N. archer.
Alternate Title(s):
Double-armed man, by the new invention
Published / Created:
[London] : Printed [by Miles Flesher] for I. Grismand, at the signe of the Gun in Pauls Alley, 1625.
Physical Description:
[40] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 19 cm. (4to)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts GV1188.G7 N43 1625Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Dedication signed: William Neade archer.Printer's name from STC addendum.Variant: with erratum at foot of leaf E3v.Often found bound with STC 18416.3.Stationer's Register: Entered 4 February. [1625]Some copies have slip-cancel on B2v line 9, "furnished with able bowmen".Signatures: A-E⁴.Numerous full-page woodcut illustrations throughout.Some pages enclosed in a decorative woodcut rule-border.Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials.Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 18416English short title catalogue, S113129BAC: British Art Center copy is variant with erratum at foot of leaf E3v. No slip-cancel on leaf B2v. Bound in gilt- and blind-tooled green morocco-style binding with marbled paper end-papers. Inscribed: Phillip Shotbolt 1628.
Subject Terms:
Archers -- England -- Early works to 1800. | Bow and arrow -- Early works to 1800. | Military art and science -- Early works to 1800. | Pikes (Weapons) -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800. | Great Britain -- History, Military -- Early works to 1800. | Shotbolt, Phillip -- Autograph, 1628.