Brancaccio, Lelio / Scavino, Ildefonso (transl.). Cargos y preceptos militares. Para salir con brevedad famoso, y valiente soldado, assi en la infanteria, cavalleria, como artilleria [...].

€ 1,800.00

Exceedingly rare second Spanish edition of the military treatise "I Carichi Militari" by the Neapolitan commander of the Habsburg armies in Italy, the Low Countries and Catalonia and aide-de-camp to Albert, Archduke of Austria, Brancaccio, which was first published in Antwerp in 1610. The first Spanish edition appeared in 1639, while a third one was published in 1710. Includes the duties and functions of the soldiers and generals of the infantry, cavalry, and artillery, as well as the sovereign's responsibility to ensure order within the military.

Contemporary handwritten ownership to title-page deleted. Last in the collection of Thomas Fremantle, 3rd Baron Cottesloe (1862-1956), commander of the Territorial Army and president of the Society for Army History Research. The invoice he received from Grafton & Co is loosely inserted.

Binding somewhat waterstained, hinges cracked. A few minor edge flaws, tiny holes to the right margin of the first 150 pages, not touching text; a few marks in pencil. Amost unobtainable edition of this standard work: no other copy of any edition in auction records; the 1671 edition could not be traced in OCLC/Worldcat.