Field of theoretical research and training methodology in military science

Four physiognomies expressing the propensity to command. Drawing, c. 1792.

Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.

Cupid (Love) with arrows sits next to items representing arts and sciences. Etching by H. Winstanley, 17--, after F. Snyders and A. van Dyck.

Figures with measuring instruments and a cannon; representing geometry and military science. Etching by C. Schut after himself.

Putti plan war manoeuvres on maps with the help of geometrical diagrams; representing geometry and military science. Etching by B. Picart, 1729, after himself.

A sheet of sketches showing war defences and victims during the Chinese Campaign, 1860, China. Tinted lithograph after Lt. Col. Crealock, 1860.

Sarawak: four Dayak men in a warfare ritual. Photograph.

A portable device used to counteract poisonous gases, being carried on a man's back. Halftone.

Wisdom shows Britannia the measurements of the globe; figures representing other continents stand watching. Engraving by W. Swift after W.M. Craig.

Sarawak: five Kenyah warriors in a warfare ritual. Photograph.

1 volume<br/>12 leaves + 235 ff. + 4 leaves 4 to. 20 + 151/ ; 2 cm Original vellum binding, 18th cent. flowered paper back; both leather ties defective. Some leaves are wanting after the 11th preliminary leaf, and at the end: foleave 225 is also wanting.

Mogliettis, Giuseppe de.

Material: paper; 3 bl. ll.+19 ll.+245 ff.+7 bl. ll. folio.; leaf dimensions: width 31cm, length 21cm

MS.87

Memoirs of Monsieur Goulon . Being a treatise on the attack and defence of a place. To which is added, a journal of the siege of Ath, in the year 1697, under the conduct of Monsieur de Vauban. For the Use of the Young Gentlemen of the Royal Academy at Woolwich.

Writing on the edge : great contemporary writers on the front line of crisis / a book by Tom Craig ;  photography by Tom Craig ; edited by Dan Crowe ; Martin Amis [and 13 others].

A treatise on the military service, of light horse, and light infantry, in the field, and in the fortified places . By Major General de Grandmaison, formerly a captain, with the rank of lieutenant colonel of cavalry, in the Voluntiers of Flanders. Translated from the French, by Major Lewis Nicola.

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Mogliettis, Giuseppe de.

MS.87

Memoirs of Monsieur Goulon . Being a treatise on the attack and defence of a place. To which is added, a journal of the siege of Ath, in the year 1697, under the conduct of Monsieur de Vauban. For the Use of the Young Gentlemen of the Royal Academy at Woolwich.

Writing on the edge : great contemporary writers on the front line of crisis / a book by Tom Craig ; photography by Tom Craig ; edited by Dan Crowe ; Martin Amis [and 13 others].

A treatise on the military service, of light horse, and light infantry, in the field, and in the fortified places . By Major General de Grandmaison, formerly a captain, with the rank of lieutenant colonel of cavalry, in the Voluntiers of Flanders. Translated from the French, by Major Lewis Nicola.

Military art and science

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Mogliettis, Giuseppe de.

MS.87

Memoirs of Monsieur Goulon . Being a treatise on the attack and defence of a place. To which is added, a journal of the siege of Ath, in the year 1697, under the conduct of Monsieur de Vauban. For the Use of the Young Gentlemen of the Royal Academy at Woolwich.

Writing on the edge : great contemporary writers on the front line of crisis / a book by Tom Craig ; photography by Tom Craig ; edited by Dan Crowe ; Martin Amis [and 13 others].

A treatise on the military service, of light horse, and light infantry, in the field, and in the fortified places . By Major General de Grandmaison, formerly a captain, with the rank of lieutenant colonel of cavalry, in the Voluntiers of Flanders. Translated from the French, by Major Lewis Nicola.

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