La Noue, Francois de (1531-1591) The Politicke and Militarie Discourses of the Lord de la Novve.

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La Noue, Francois de (1531-1591) The Politicke and Militarie Discourses of the Lord de la Novve. London: Printed for T[homas] C[adman] and E[dward] A[ggas] by Thomas Orwin, 1587. First English edition, quarto, title page printed within typographical ornament border, with woodcut device (discolored, mounted),ex libris Charles Arthur Wynne Finch, with his bookplate, bound in later full speckled calf by John Bumpus, marbled endleaves, somewhat rubbed, some defects to contents, including some damp staining and speckling, 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.

A Captain with the French Protestant Huguenot military forces, de La Noue was shot in the left arm at the Siege of Fontenay in 1570. The arm was later amputated, and a blacksmith from La Rochelle fashioned the Captain a prosthetic arm with a hook for holding his reins, earning him the name Bras-de-Fer: Iron Arm.

A-Z8, Aa-Ff8, Gg7 (lacking Gg8, final blank).
http://estc.bl.uk/S108246
Estimate $2,500-3,500


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