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The Exercise of Armes for Calivres, Muskettes, and Pikes: Book Plate of Henry Edward Bunbury and Thomas Francis Fremantle (verso)

Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende Spiessen

1607
engraver

Jacob de Gheyn II

(Dutch, 1565–1629)
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Culture
Netherlands, The Hague
Medium
paper
Measurements
Page: 27.5 x 19 cm (10 13/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 2022.21.1.b
Edition
First Edition
Public Domain
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Location
210A Armor Court(not visible)
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Did You Know?

The depiction of the soldiers in this book inspired Rembrandt when painting his famous The Night Watch.

Description

The Exercise of Arms, published in 1607–8, is one of the most famous manuals of arms. Jacob De Gheyn's book became popular all over Europe and was quickly translated into several languages. Its 117 copper engravings portray the step-by-step sequence for training foot soldiers in the handling of the standard weaponry of the 17th-century warfare: muskets, matchlock or calivers, and pikes.
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The Exercise of Armes for Calivres, Muskettes, and Pikes: Book Plate of Henry Edward Bunbury and Thomas Francis Fremantle (verso)

1607

Jacob de Gheyn II

(Dutch, 1565–1629)
Netherlands, The Hague

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