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Militaria]. Boxel, J. [Militaria]. Boxel, J. Exercitie Memorie van de Compagnie Guardes van de Ed: Groot Mog: Heeren Staten van Hollandt en West-Vrieslandt. Bestaende in 't Exerceren van 't Musquet, Spies, ende de Generale Exercitie. The Hague, N. van Coevenhoven, (, in , (; (lvs.,(p., engr. title-pages and modern giltlettered vellum, 4to. - Vague and unobtrusive old underlining in ink in text. Fine copy. = Cf. Sloos cf. (both different collation); Kossmann, Boekhandel te 's Gravenhage p.copy: the first engraved title-p. differing from Sloos (our copy reads: "Particuliere Exercitie Memorie (...)" instead of "Memorie der Particuliere Exercitie") and the printed title also different from Sloos (which begins with the words "Vertoogh Van de Kryghs-oeffeninge (...)"). A similar difference is to be observed on the second engr. title (our copy: "Generale Exercitie memorie (...)" instead of "Memorie der Generale Exercitie (...)"). Contrary to Sloos, our copy has no printed title to the second part. Extremely rare (variant) first edition of this Dutch military manual. The plates depicting the individual use of muskets and pikes and the drilling of companies. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CX. Call for price