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28. Political and military observations of the court & camp of France : during the late wars in Flanders, Germany, &c.
- Creator:
- Davies, John, 1625-1693
- Published / Created:
- 1680
- Call Number:
- Ocg45 D287 679B
- Image Count:
- 90
- Description:
- BEIN Ocg45 D287 679B: 2nd ed., with added cancel leaves of t.p. (stub only) and leaf B1., Dedication signed: J. Davies., and Signatures: A3B-G12H8(last blank).
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robert Clavel, and Jacob Sampson,
- Subject (Topic):
- Military art and science--Early works
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Political and military observations of the court & camp of France : during the late wars in Flanders, Germany, &c.
29. Epitome rei militaris
- Creator:
- Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 102
- Image Count:
- 172
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Vegetius, Epitome rei militaris.
- Description:
- Binding: Eighteenth century, England or France. Bound in olive green goatskin gold-tooled with a "broken cable" border and decorated edges. Probably bound by Richard Wier (active in London and Toulouse to ca. 1792). Decorated edges. Title on spine: "Vegetius De Viris Il"., Purchased from C. A. Stonehill in 1953 by Thomas E. Marston., Script: Written in small gothic bookhand by a single scribe., and Three illuminated initials, 3-line, at the beginning of the Prologue (f. 1v), Bk. 3 (f. 29v), Bk. 4 (f. 58r), blue or mauve with white filigree against gold ground thinly edged in black. Initials filled with stylized leaves, blue and mauve with white filigree. Black inkspray with spiky gold leaves and small blossoms in pink or blue extend into the margins to form partial borders. Numerous small initials, 2-line, gold, on mauve and blue ground with white filigree. Running headlines in red and blue; headings in red. Paragraph marks alternate red and blue. Initials stroked with pale yellow.
- Subject (Name):
- Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Subject (Topic):
- Military art and science--Early works
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Epitome rei militaris
30. Travel diary, 1764-1765
- Call Number:
- Osborn c523
- Image Count:
- 95
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript of a travel diary which opens with the writer already in Rome on December 11, 1765, documents his sojourn in Italy, and concludes with a journey to Vienna, Berlin, and finally Potsdam one year later. The unidentified author describes the art and architecture of several Italian cities, the studios of artists and art dealers in Rome, and military sites, garrisons, and installations in Venice, Toulon and Austria, as well as the docks and warships of Naples
- Description:
- Bookplate: Ver Hayden de Lancey of the Middle Temple and Grey's Inn., Flyleaf note: "Diary of a stay in Rome 1764/64 and a journey from Rome to Berlin via Naples Marseilles - Genoa - Milan - Parma -Bologna , Venice and Vienna. by a member of the de Lancey family" , possibly in the hand of Baron Ver Hayden de Lancey., and Binding: original limp vellum with flap; remains of wax seal with coat of arms on flap and back cover.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe, Italy, and Naples (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Military art and science
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Travel diary, 1764-1765
31. L'arbre des batailles
- Creator:
- Bovet, Honore
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 605
- Image Count:
- 148
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Honore Bovet (often erroneously named Bonet, c. 1345-1405), L'arbre des batailles, composed between 1386 and 1389
- Description:
- In French., Accompanied by: Typescript of an English translation by G. W. Coopland: The Tree of battles of Honore Bonet (sic). With a hitherto unpublished historical interpolation translated by G. A. Knowlson ... Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1949. Catalogued as Beinecke MS 605a., Watermark: similar to Briquet 389 (?)., Script: Probably copied by one hand, writing Gothica Cursiva Libraria (Bastarda)., In art. 1 red heightening of the majuscules. In art. 2 paragraph marks and underlining in red; red 2-line plain initials; at the opening of the text (f. 5r) 4-line red and blue littera duplex without penwork. Guide-letters., and Binding: ca. 1900 by Chambolle-Duru. Crimson morocco over cardboard, preserved in fleece-lined folder. Spine with five raised bands and gold-tooled title: "L'ARBRE DES BATAILLES PAR HONORE BONNET - MANUSCRIT DU QUINZIEME SIECLE". Gilt edges.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Bovet, Honore.
- Subject (Topic):
- Military art and science
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > L'arbre des batailles
32. Traite sur l'art de la guerre
- Creator:
- Stuart, Bérault, seigneur d'Aubigny, ca. 1452-1508
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1525]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 659
- Image Count:
- 34
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Berault Stuart (Bernard Stewart, ca. 1452/53-1508), Traite sur l'art de la guerre
- Description:
- In French., Script: Copied by one hand in a small Gothica Hybrida Formata (loopless Bastarda)., Line-fillers in liquid gold on red, blue or brown ground. 2-line (rarely 3- or 4-line) initials on square background, in liquid gold on coloured background or in colour, heightened with white, on liquid gold background decorated with leaves and flowers. Six miniatures., and Binding: Early nineteenth century. Cross-grained red leather over pasteboard, the covers gold-tooled with a decorative border, the turn-ins gold-tooled with dentelle border; brownish marbled endpapers; the spine gold-tooled with flowerets and the title "L'ORDRE D'UN CHEF DE GUERRE PAR D'AUBIGNY".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Stuart, Bérault, seigneur d'Aubigny, ca. 1452-1508.
- Subject (Topic):
- Military art and science
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Traite sur l'art de la guerre
33. The jewell of artes
- Creator:
- Waymouth, George
- Published / Created:
- 1603-1604.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 565
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 1173
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of George Waymouth (fl. 1587-1611), The jewell of artes, an unfinished technical handbook of navigation, inventions, fortifications, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting of short textual parts and extremely numerous full-page technical drawings and diagrams of high quality
- Description:
- About the author, a somewhat mysterious navigator, scholar and engineer, see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, v. 51 (2004), pp. 777-778. He returned in 1602 from his unsuccesful expedition to discover the Northwest Passage, presented the King in 1604 with two versions of his treatise The Jewell of Artes and undertook in 1605 a new expedition to the American East coast, landing in Maine., In English., Script: Written by one hand in Gothica Cursiva Libraria (Secretary)., and Binding: Original armorial (rebacked). Brown calf over cardboard, both covers gold-tooled with a seme pattern of flowerets, corner pieces and a central piece with the arms of King James I. Spine with six raised bands and red title-label with inscription "JEWELL OF ARTES".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Waymouth, George.
- Subject (Topic):
- Military art and science
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The jewell of artes
34. Trattati di archittetura ingegneria e arte militare
- Creator:
- Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1502
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1515]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 491
- Image Count:
- 129
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (sturdy) of what is probably the first version of the treatise, finished ca. 1476-77. The order of contents is as follows: fortresses; temples, churches and theaters; columns and other architectural details; plans for palaces; aqueducts; measuring and surveying; instruments of war
- Description:
- In Italian., Watermarks: anchor and star similar to Briquet Ancre 478, Bergamo 1502., Script: Written in italic script by a single scribe who left blank spaces for illuminated initials., Outer and lower margins of almost every page filled with architectural or mechanical sketches drawn either directly on the leaves (ff. 1r-5v) or on small strips of paper pasted onto the margins of the leaves (ff. 6r-57v), in brown ink, sometimes with green or pink washes. The drawings illustrate every section of the text; many have explanatory inscriptions., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Red edges. Mottled, brown calf, streaked on the turn-ins. Blind-tooled, with a gold-tooled spine.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy., Connecticut, and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1502.
- Subject (Topic):
- Military art and science
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Trattati di archittetura ingegneria e arte militare
35. [Engraved title pages and selected plates]
- Creator:
- Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650, engraver
- Call Number:
- A5A +617F I:2
- Collection Title:
- Tractatus secundus : De natvrae simia; seu, Technica macrocosmi historia in partes undecim divisa
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Subject (Topic):
- Military art and science --Early works
- Collection Created:
- In nobili Oppenheimio :
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Engraved title pages and selected plates]