{"product_id":"charles-lorraine-bar-political-military-observations-london-1699-120939","title":"Political and Military Observations, Remarks and Maxims, of Charles V.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eThe first edition in English of the memoir of the military commander Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar (1643-1690), a solider in the service of the Habsburg Empire who led the imperial forces in the Great Turkish War and broke the siege of Vienna in September 1683.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe text consists of a series of short essays on topics including the qualities required of different types of military officers from Quarter-Master to a General of the Artillery, military discipline, what constitutes a 'just offensive war', alliances, truces, appended with his observations on the strength and power of Germany as it stood at the time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccording to the dedicatory epistle, the work is published for the first time from the 'Papers of Charles the V. late Duke of Lorraine'. Little is known of the translator, Rupert Beck, whose name does not appear otherwise in the English Short Title Catalogue. The text was reprinted only once in a scarce edition of 1701.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the library the Whig politician John Wallop (1690-1762), who was elevated to the peerage as Baron Wallop and Viscount Lymington in 1720, and later made Earl of Portsmouth in 1743.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst edition in English; 8vo (19.5 x 12.5 cm); engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved bookplate to front pastedown, slightly toned; contemporary mottled calf, covers ruled in blind, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine, a little rubbed, very good; [16], 277, [9]pp.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eESTC R200475.","brand":"Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar; BECK, Rupert (translator).","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57519721283959,"sku":"120939","price":1212.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/120939_01.jpg?v=1791383935","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/products\/charles-lorraine-bar-political-military-observations-london-1699-120939","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}