Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Fronsperger, Leonhardt, 1520-1575
Title:
Kriegssbuch. Erster Theyl, Von Kayserlichem Kriegssrechten, Malefitz vnd Schuldhändlen Ordnung vnd Regiment : sampt derselbigen vnnd andern hoch oder niderigen Beuelch Bestallung Staht vnd Empter ... in zehen Bücher abgetheylt ... von neuwem beschrieben vnnd an tag geben / durch Leonhardt Fronsperger ; mit schönen neuwen Figuren vnd einem ordenlichen Register.
Edition:
Jetzt von neuwem mit sonderm fleiss ubersehen, vnd an vielen örtern gemehrt vnnd gebessert.
Published / Created:
Getruckt zu Franckfurt am Mayn : durch Martin Lechler, In verlegung Hieronymi Feyrabends, 1573
Physical Description:
[4], CCLVI [i.e. 257], [6] leaves, [12] leaves of folded plates : illustrations ; 34 cm (folio)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
UB461 .F766 1573+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Place and date of publication from title page. Printer from colophon (which is dated 1571).

Woodcuts throughout. Includes six full sheet etchings by Jost Amman, folded at the inner margin.

The title page is printed in red and black.

Signatures: [superscript pi]a⁴ A-Z⁶ a-x⁶ (x6 blank).

Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts (VD 16), F 3121

BAC UB461 .F766 1573+: Bound in contemporary stamped pigskin over wooden boards, with metal clasps. Bookplate: Carolus Desiderius Royer de Nommcy.
Subject Terms:
Military law -- Holy Roman Empire. | Military art and science -- Holy Roman Empire. | Royer de Nommcy, Carolus Desiderius -- Bookplate. | Arenberg, House of -- Ownership.
Contributors:
Amman, Jost, 1539–1591, illustrator. | Feyerabend, Sigmund, 1528–1590, publisher. | Lechler, Martin, -1594, printer.