Militarie instructions for the cavallrie : or, Rules and directions for the service of horse, collected out of divers forrain authors, ancient and modern, and rectified and supplied according to the present practice of the Lowe-Countrey warres.

Militarie instructions for the cavallrie : or, Rules and directions for the service of horse, collected out of divers forrain authors, ancient and modern, and rectified and supplied according to the present practice of the Lowe-Countrey warres.

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Author / Creator:	Cruso, John, -1681
Imprint:	[Cambridge] : Printed by the printers to the Universitie of Cambridge, 1632.
Description:	[6], 108 p., 22 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 31 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Cavalry drill and tactics -- Early works to 1800. Cavalry drill and tactics. Early works.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3293438

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Notes:	Added t.p., engraved. Dedication signed: I.C. Authorship attributed to John Cruso, "a Fellow of Caius Coll. Camb. from 1639 to 1644, when he was ejected by the Parliamentarians, and afterwards Chancellor of the Diocese of St. David's. He was both a writer and translator of military books ... all printed at Cambridge." (cf. Cockle) Includes illus. printed on 6 double leaves. Signatures: Engr. t.p., A-O⁴ P² References: STC 6099; Cockle 124; Spaulding & Karpinski 121. "The most renowned of early English works on cavalry." (cf. Cockle)

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