De Gheyn, Weapon Book, 1608. Africa The only two other copies

The only two other copies that we traced of this second edition (Dutch National Library

Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux (1701-1781)

Thomas of Villanova (1488-1555)

An attractive survival documenting the design vocabulary of European printed cotton textiles during the early decades of synthetic dye printing

while the central scenes are executed with remarkable delicacy and precision

De Gheyn, Weapon Book, 1608. Africa The only two other copiesA masterpiece of Dutch Golden Age printmaking Jacques de Gheyn II (1565 1629). Maniement darmes darqvebuses, movsquets, et piqves. []. En conformite de lordre de Monseigneur le Prince Maurice, Prince dOrange, Comte de Nassau etc. Gouverneur et Capitain General de Geldres, Hollande, Zeelande, Utrecht, Overijssel etc. Represent par figures, par Jaques de Gheijn. Ensemble les enseignemens par escrit, a l'utilite de tous amateurs des armes, et ausi pour