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FRONSPERGER, Leonhardt (c.1520–1575). Von Kayserlichem Kriegssrechten Malefitz und Schuldhändlen . Frankfurt am Main: [Georg Rab for Sigmund Feyerabend and Simon Hüter], 1565.
FRONSPERGER, Leonhardt (c.1520–1575). Von Kayserlichem Kriegssrechten Malefitz und Schuldhändlen . Frankfurt am Main: [Georg Rab for Sigmund Feyerabend and Simon Hüter], 1565. First edition of a rare, richly illustrated military history. Folio (308 x 195mm). Title printed in red and black with large woodcut, 5 large folding engraved plates and numerous large woodcuts by Jost Amman (1539-1591), woodcut initials (small burnhole in *4 touching a letter and tiny clean tear on title). Contemporary gilt-tooled calf over wooden boards, gilt and gauffered edges (gilt mostly faded, rebacked, lacking a metal clasp, some rubbing, chipping and scuffing). Provenance : Johann Edmund Selzer von Herbissheim (18th-century Austrian lieutenant general; inscriptions and some early annotations) — 1750 inscription denoting a noble inheritance from Ossinger — ink arms with initials F.M.V.O.V.H — Emanuel Graf von la Rosée (acquired from the estate of:) — General-lieutenant Karl Freiherr von Leoprechting-Ihrlbach (d.29 March 1884; inscriptions). Leonhardt Fronsperger was one of the most important German military writers of the 16th century and Von Kayserlichem Kriegssrechten Malefitz is his most renowned work. From Fronsperger’s writings it’s possible to reconstruct some aspects of the life of soldiers and some of the most interesting passages of this work are the ones devoted to the rights and obligations of officers, military officials and ordinary soldiers.