Neuwe Nassauwische Waffen-Handlung von Schilt, Spies, Rappier und Targa

In: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/miua.4244803.0001.001

Abstract

Engraved title page; tailpieces; initials. ; There are two groups of plates: Der Schiltträger (numbered 1-32) and Der Targaträger (numbered 1-15). Four plates in Targaträger group lack numbers: [3], [6], [10], and [12]. There are also four double plates, two in Schiltträger group (31 and 32) and two in Targaträger group (14 and 15). ; "The illustrations were designed by the painter Adam van Breen . On 8 December 1617 he sold the copperplates to the Hague printer and bookseller Aert Meuris, who wanted to publish them in book form. When it was published it only bore the name of Van Breen, without the imprint of Aert Meuris."--From "A Hundred Highlights from the Koninklijke Bibliothek: 49. A. van Breen: De Nassausche Wapen-handelinge (The Hague, 1618)" (WWW website), viewed June 18, 2003. ; (From title page) Figurlich abgebildet nach der neüw inventirte Ordnung des Durchleuchtigen Hochgebornen Fursten und Herren / Herren Mauritzen, Printzen zu Oranien . und Capitein General der vereynigten Niederlendischen Provincien. ; The German, Dutch, and French editions of this work were published in The Hague the same year, 1618. ; NUC pre-1956 ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Bound in vellum. ; Title page and plates hand-colored.