Military History

VERE, Francis. Commentaries, being diverse pieces of service, wherein he had command. Published by William Dillingham.
London, Peter Parker, 1672 (first title-page: Cambridge, John Field, 1657). Folio. With two title-pages, the first dated 1657 with the woodcut device of Cambridge University, the second dated 1672 with a London imprint, 3 full-page engraved portraits, of Sir Francis, Sir Horace Vere and John Ogle, double-page engraved plate of Francis Vere's monumental tomb by R. Gaywood, and 6 double-page engraved maps and plans by Robert Vaugham, of the sea-coasts of Europe, the Netherlands, Cadiz and the Azores, the armies arranged for battle at Turnhout and Newport, and the siege of Ostende. Later gold- and blind-tooled dark red calf. [18], 209, [2], [1 blank] pp. Full description

VERNET, Antoine-Charles-Horace (Carle). Chef de Mamelucks.
Paris, Jazet and Bance & Aumont, [1821]. Aquatint print (image size: 48.5 x 39 cm, not including title and imprint; paper size: 55 x 45 cm), engraved by Jean Pierre Jazet after Vernet. Full description

VILLE, Antoine de. Les fortifications ... contenans la maniere de fortifier toutes sorte de places ...
Lyon, Philippe Borde, 1640 (engraved title-page 1641). With an engraved title-page, engraved portrait of the author, 53 numbered engravings (10 double-page. Later 17th-century gold-tooled calf, each board with the French royal arms, gold-tooled spine. Rebacked, with the original backstrip laid down. Engraved title + [10], 441, [1 blank], [12] pp. plus 9 engravings not counted in the pagination. Full description

VIRGIN, Johan Bernhard and Joseph von XYLANDER (translator). Vertheidigung der Festungen im Gleichgewichte mit dem Angriffe derselben. ... Mit 14 Planen.
München, Joseph Lindauer, 1820. 8vo. With 14 folding engraved plates. Contemporary tanned half sheepskin. XXIV, 416 pp. Full description

[VOULTON, Monsieur de?]. Verdadeira, e exacta noticia dos progressos de Thamas Kouli Khan Schach da Persia no imperio do Gram Mogôr, escrita na lingua Persiana em Delhy em 21. de Abril de 1739. e mandada a Roma por Mons. Voulton. Acrecentada com outras chegadas por varias partes, com hum mapa do thesouro do Gram Mogôr levado a Hispahan pelo mesmo Schach. Dadas á luz na lingua Portugueza.
Lisbon, Antonio Correa Lemos, 1740. 4to (19.5 x 14 cm). With woodcut decorations. Modern half red goatskin morocco. 19, [1 blank] pp. Full description

VREDEMAN DE VRIES, Jan (Hans), Antonio LABACCO, Giacomo Barozzio da VIGNOLA and others. [Collection of architectural and decoration prints including fortification plans, garden plans and architectural decoration].
Antwerp, Venice, Rome, various publishers, [engraved] 1561-1585, [printed 1580-ca. 1600]. Large folio & small 1mo (38.5 x 27 cm). Collection of 4 separately published prints (3 large full-sheet & 1 small full-sheet), plus 67 prints from 9 series (including 3 double-page prints and a 1½-sheet plan of classical Roman ports printed from 2 copperplates). Contemporary or near contemporary limp sheepskin parchment (ca. 1600?). [77] engraved ll. containing [71] prints. Full description

WALSH, Edward. A narrative of the expedition to Holland in the autumn of the year 1799.
London, for G.G. and J. Robinson (colophon: printed by S. Hamilton, Fleet Street), 1800. Large 4to. With a double-page engraved map of North Holland and 7 full-page engraved plates. Contemporary gold-tooled marbled calf. [2], ii, 164 pp. Full description

WARIUS, Pieter. Nieuwe verklaring over de proportionaal passer, waar in aangewesen word, hoe dezelve is te tekenen, en hoe tafeltjes daar toe dienende konnen werden berekent, vervolgens der zelver veelvuldig en nuttig gebruyk, zoo in de tel- als meetkonst; ...
Amsterdam, Joannes Loots, 1708. 4to. With a large folding engraved plate illustrating the scales on the sector and 12 smaller folding engraved plates showcasing several of the calculations. Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine. [4], 72 pp. Full description

[WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION]. Receuil [!] de pieces authentiques pour la parfaite connoissance des dernieres revolutions dEspagne et autres pieces concernant les affaires du Nord ...
Amsterdam, Nicolas Chevalier, 1701. 12 parts in 1 volume. Small 4to (ca. 20 x 15 cm). With a general title and 2 divisional titles (for ad 6 and ad 11), all with a woodcut vignette, further with 2 hand-coloured engraved maps, 1 folding engraved plate, and several woodcut initials. Comprising:
[1]. Lettre ecrite dAnvers le 29. Decembre 1700. Par Monsieur N** à Monsieur P** en Hollande. Sur le testament de Charles II. Roy dEspagne.
[2]. Seconde (- sixieme) lettre sur le matière du temps contenant les nouvelles de lAssemblée du Parlement.
[3]. X. Remarques sur les affaires des tems [!] present. Traduites de lAnglois. Depuis [26 February - 15 March] 1701.
[4]. XII. Remarques sur les affaires des tems [!] present. Traduites de lAnglois. Depuis [12-29 March] 1701.
[5]. Harangue de sa Majesté Britannique au Parlement dAngleterre. Prononcée le 21. de Fevrier 1701.
[6]. Lettre dun gentilhomme, de la province de Kent en Angleterre ecrite à un Ministre dEtat, pour luy representer le danger éminent, où le Royaume se trouve destre envahi par la France. Traduit de l'anglois. Suivant la coppie [!] de Londres.
[7]. [QUIRÓS, Francisco Bernardo de]. Memoire de Mr. de Quiros, ambassadeur extraordinaire de sa Majesté catholique, presenté à Messieurs les Etats Généraux des Provinces Unies.
[8]. [MESMES, Jean Antoine de]. Memoire de Mr. le Comte dAvaux ambassadeur extraordinaire de sa Majesté très-chrêtienne, presenté à Messieurs les Etats Généraux des Provinces-Unies.
[9]. Response des hauts & puissants Seigneurs les Etats Generaux des Provinces Unies au memoire ... par ... le Comte dAvaux ... le 26. Juillet 1701. Extrait du registre des resolutions ... le premier d' Aoust 1701.
[10]. Soixante-huitieme (- soixante-douzieme) lettre. Traité entre le Roy tres-chretien, le Roy de la Grand' Bretagne, & les Seigneurs Etats Generaux des Provinces-Unies des Païs-Bas.
[11]. Lettre d'un noble Venitien, a un magistrat hollandois, sur les affaires dEspagne. Traduitte sur l'original Italien. Suivant la copie de Venise.
[12]. Traduction de la réponse dun gentilhomme Italien à une lettre dun de ses amis sur la prétenduë proscription du Duc de Mantoüe.
Contemporary limp vellum, with the manuscript title on the spine, and a paper shelf mark label at the foot. [134] pp. Full description

WICHERS, Wicher. [Manuscript letter to Hans Hartwich, Capiteyn op s'landts oorlogschip Harderwijk].
The Hague, 29 July 1690. Small folio (31 x 20.5 cm). Manuscript letter in in 7 lines on one page, with the signatures of Wicher Wichers and François Fagel, followed by two blank pages, and the name of the addressee in manuscript on the fourth page with a seal. [1], [2 blank], [1] pp. Full description