Pasch, Deutliche Beschreibung von den Exerciren in der Mussquet, Halle, [after 1669], later boards

PASCH, JOHANN GEORG

A volume containing several works on musket and pike exercises, fencing, wrestling and horsemanship, comprising:

i. Deutliche Beschreibung von dem Exerciren in der Mussquet in drey Theil abgetheilet. parts 1 and 3: Halle: Melchior Oelschlegel; part 2: Halle: Christian Western, [after 1669], 3 parts, additional engraved title-page by Johann George [sic] Flach dated 1667, 82 & 9 engraved plates (some folding)

ii. Kurtze iedoch Deutliche Beschreibung handlend Vom Fechten auf den Stoss und Hieb. Halle: Melchior Oelschlegel, [after 1669], additional engraved title-page with imprint "In Verlegung des Autoris anno 1666", 43 engraved plates

iii. Vollständiges Ring-Buch. Halle: Melchior Oelschlegel, [after 1669], 33 engraved plates

iv. Kurtze iedoch gründliche Beschreibung Des Voltiger. Halle: Melchior Oelschlegel, [after 1669], 36 engraved plates

6 parts in one volume, folio (286 x 164mm.), later boards, gilt edges, a few plates shaved, hinges broken; sold not subject to return due to uncertain collation

A substantial collects ion of works by Pasch (1628-1678), master of the court pages in Magdeburg.

LITERATURE:

there are several editions of each work listed in VD17, but none of them match this copy exactly

PROVENANCE:

F.V.L.T.B.H.Z.S. 1669 [referring to Bernhard Herzog zu Sachsen (Sachsen-Jena, 1638-1678), the dedicatee?], inscription on flyleaf; crude woodcut armorial (?) pasted to verso of first letterpress title-page