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LOT 174:
1718 MILITARY TREATISE BY RAIMONDO MONTECUCCOLI ILLUSTRATED ANTIQUE FOLIO
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1718 MILITARY TREATISE BY RAIMONDO MONTECUCCOLI ILLUSTRATED ANTIQUE FOLIO
Montecuccoli, R.
Commentarii Bellici Raymundi Sac. Rom. Imp. Principis Montecuccoli Juncto Artis Bellicae Systemate.
3 parts in 1 volume.
Vienna, Voigt, 1718
Small folio.
Size 8 1/4 by 12"
with woodcut vignettes, 29 text copperplates and 2 folding plates;
half leather over cardboard with decorative gilt spine;
First Latin edition.
The military masterpiece of the important general (1609-1680), first published in Italian in 1704.
Very good condition
Text in Latin
Raimondo Montecuccoli (1609 – 1680) was an Italian-born professional soldier, military theorist, and diplomat, who served the Habsburg monarchy.
Experiencing the Thirty Years' War from scratch as a simple footsoldier, he rose through the ranks into a regiment holder and became an important cavalry commander in the late stages. Serving the Habsburgs as war counsellor and envoy, he commanded their troops in the Second Northern War and the Austro-Turkish War of 1663–64 where he scored an impressive victory in the Battle of Saint Gotthard. Afterwards, he became president of the Hofkriegsrat and briefly returned as supreme commander of the Imperial forces during the Franco-Dutch War.
Montecuccoli was considered the only commander able to compete with the French general Turenne (1611–1675), and like him, was closely associated with the post-1648 development of linear infantry tactics.
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