26 Ancient Books. 



114. RECHERCHES ET CONSIDERATIONS SUR LE FAICT DE 

 L'ARTILLERIE. D. Davelcourt. Also the "Epitome 

 ou abregee, contenant maximes, etc." A rare treatise 

 on the artillery of the French. Napoleon I. is said 

 to have sought in vain for a copy. An incomplete 

 copy sold at the Laing sale for 1 10s. Quaritch 

 prices a copy at <5 5s. Paris, 1610, 1619, five vols., 

 sometimes bound as one. 12mo. 



115. NOBLE ARTE OF VENERIE. Paris, 1611. 4to. 



116. ARTILLERIA. Diego Ufano. This treatise on the 

 artillery used in Flanders has been extensively copied, 

 and served as a basis for the works of Hancelet, 

 Siemenowicz, Saint Remy, and some English writers. 

 The first edition appears to have been published at 

 Brussels in 1612 or 1613, a second, also in Spanish, at 

 Brussels in 1617. In 1614 French and German edi- 

 tions were published at Frankfort by Theo. de Bry, also 

 Zutphen, 1621, and Rouen, 1628. It was Englished 

 by Eldred (q.v.\ and in 1643 a Polish translation by 

 J. Deckau was published at Lesznie. Usually folio in 

 three parts, about 179 pp. 



117. BUCHSENMEISTEREI. Zuebler. Geometrical gunnery : 

 a manual of instruction for Artillerymen. Zurich, 

 1614. 4to. 



118. BucHSENMEiSTEREi-CoaiPENDiUM. A cyclopaedia of 

 gunnery. Strasburg, 1616. 8vo. 



119. LONDON'S ARTILLERY. R. Niccols. 



120. RECHERCHES ET CONSIDERATIONS SUR LE FAICT DE 

 L'ARTILLERIE. D. Davelcourt. A work on experi- 

 mental and theoretical gunnery. Paris, 1617. In Svo. 



121. ARCHILEN-KRIEGS KUNST. V. Wallhausen. The 

 Art of War (German). Hanau, 1617. Folio. 



122. CACCIA. Poeina heroico. Alessandro Gatti. An 

 epic poem on the chase. Italian blank verse. Printed 

 in London. (?) Imprint, Gio Billio, London, 1619. Svo. 



