Warfare and the age of printing : : catalogue of early printed books from before 1801 in Dutch military collections / / Louis Ph. Sloos.

• Author: Sloos, Louis Ph.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Brill eBook titles 2008
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (2008 p.)
• Notes: Four volumes combined as one.

An important part of the Dutch national treasure of early printed books from before 1801 on military and related subjects is kept in military libraries and collections. This catalogue contains 10,000 books in twelve different languages dated 1500–1800 from nine different Defence institutions/collections, representing both Army and Navy. By far the largest collections are the property of the Royal Netherlands Army Museum in Delft and the Royal Netherlands Military Academy in Breda. A great if not substantial part of these books is especially of international significance because of the contents, the intrinsic value or as historical objects. It took eight years to trace and describe these books, all of which have been given extensive analytical bibliographic descriptions. The book includes over 2000 illustrations . The book is a project of the Royal Netherlands Army Museum, Delft

Table of Contents

Preliminary Materials / L.Ph. Sloos -- 1 Warfare And The Age Of Printing General Introduction / L.Ph. Sloos -- 2 The Ministry Of Defence’s Treasury Of Books: 10,000 Volumes From The 16th To The 18th Century Military Libraries In The Netherlands (1600 – 1940)And Their Historical Legacy / Louis Ph. Sloos -- 3 The Army Of The Dutch Republic And The Military Revolutions / Olaf Van Nimwegen -- 4 Introduction To The Catalogue / Louis Ph. Sloos -- 1 Military Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias, General Works (Numbers 01001–01032) / L.Ph. Sloos -- 2 Army Organisation, Regulations, Instructions, Military Law / L.Ph. Sloos -- 3 Art Of War, Strategy, General Tactics, Defence, Offence, Etc. / L.Ph. Sloos -- 4 Military Periodicals / L.Ph. Sloos -- 5 Infantry (Including Fencing) / L.Ph. Sloos -- 6 Cavalry (Including Equitation And Veterinary Science) / L.Ph. Sloos -- 7 Artillery (Including Equipment, Gunpowder, Pyrotechnics, Etc.) / L.Ph. Sloos -- 8 Fortification (Including Engineering) / L.Ph. Sloos -- Preliminary Materials / L.Ph. Sloos -- 9 Navy (Including Voc,Maritime Works, Navigation, Ship-Building, Etc.) / L.Ph. Sloos -- 10 Works On Several Armed Forces / L.Ph. Sloos -- 11 Civic Guards, Citizen Guards And Militia / L.Ph. Sloos -- 12 Military History, Military Biography / L.Ph. Sloos -- 13 Micellaneous Military Works / L.Ph. Sloos -- 14 Mathematics, Physics,Natural History, Architectureand Technology / L.Ph. Sloos -- Preliminary Materials / L.Ph. Sloos -- 15 Geography, Countries, Topography, Ethnography (Including Atlases) / L.Ph. Sloos -- 16 Dutch History, Biography (Including Periodical Documents) / L.Ph. Sloos -- 17 Foreign History, Biography (Including Ancient And Classical History And Periodical Documents) / L.Ph. Sloos -- 18 Political Science And (War) Law / L.Ph. Sloos -- 19 Philosophy, Morals, Theology / L.Ph. Sloos -- 20 Linguistics, Literature / L.Ph. Sloos -- 21 Arts / L.Ph. Sloos -- 22 General Enyclopaedias Etc. / L.Ph. Sloos -- 23 Bibliography, Library Catalogues, Etc. / L.Ph. Sloos -- 24 Periodicals (Including Proceedings Of Learned Societies) / L.Ph. Sloos.