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The Bookshelf:

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Title

Author

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The Rapier & Small-Sword: 1460-1820 A. V. Norman

2 Invisible Power: The Elizabethan Secret Services, 1570-1603 Alan Haynes

3 Tudor And Jacobean Tournaments Alan Young

4 The Art Of Blacksmithing Alex W. Bealer

5 The Complete Modern Blacksmith Alexander Weygers

6 Danger To Elizabeth: The Catholics Under Elizabeth I Alison Plowden

7 Autobiography Of Benvenuto Cellini Benvenuto

8 Weapons And Warfare In Renaissance Europe: Gunpowder, Technology, And Tactics (Johns Hopkins Studies In The History Of Technology) Bert S. Hall

9 Techniques Of Medieval Armour Reproduction: The 14th Century (Medieval & Renaissance) Brian Price

10 The Armourer And His Craft: From The XIth To The XVIth Century Charles Ffoulkes

11 European Arms & Armor Charles Henry Ashdown

12 A History Of The Art Of War In The Middle Ages: Volume Two: 1278-1485 Ad (Greenhill Military Paperbacks) Charles Oman

13 Fighting With The German Longsword Christian Henry Tobler

14 Tower Of London Christopher Hibbert

15 Methods And Practice Of Elizabethan Swordplay Craig Turner, Tony Soper

16 War, Culture And Society In Renaissance Venice: Essays In Honour Of John Hale David Chambers

17 The Hundred Years War: The English In France 1337-1453 Desmond Seward

18 Weapons: An International Encyclopedia From 5000 B.C. To 2000 A.D., Updated Edition Diagram Group

19 Wars Of Empire (Smithsonian History Of Warfare) Douglas Porch

20 Rapiers: An Illustrated Reference Guide To The Rapiers Of The 16th And 17th Centuries With Their Companions Eric Valentine

21 The Halberd And Other European Polearms, 1300-1650 (Historical Arms Series) George A Snook

22 A Glossary Of The Construction, Decoration And Use Of Arms And Armor: In All Countries And In All Times (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor) George Cameron Stone

23 How To Build Your Own Wheellock Rifle Or Pistol George Lauber

24 Steel Bonnets: The Story Of The Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers George Macdonald Fraser

25 The Thirty Years War 1618-1648. Georges Pagès

26 Armeria Del Palacio Real De Madrid [Armoury At The Royal Palace In Madrid] Guillermo Quintana Lacaci

27 Medieval Warfare H.W. Koch

28 History Of The Art Of War, Volume III: Medieval Warfare Hans Delbrück

29 History Of The Art Of War, Volume II: The Barbarian Invasions Hans Delbrück

30 History Of The Art Of War, Volume IV: The Dawn Of Modern Warfare Hans Delbrück

31 History Of The Art Of War, Volume I: Warfare In Antiquity Hans Delbrück

32 Medieval Combat: A Fifteenth-Century Manual Of Swordfighting And Close-Quarter Combat Hans Talhoffer

33 The Secret History Of The Sword J. Christoph Amberger

34 Artists And Warfare In The Renaissance J. R. Hale

35 The Wars Of The Roses J. R. Lander

36 The Modern Gunsmith [Vols. I-II. James Virgil Howe

37 The Complete Bladesmith: Forging Your Way To Perfection Jim Hrisoulas

38 The Elizabethan Militia L Boynton

39 Giovanni Delle Bande Nere Mario Scalini

40 Mercenaries And Their Masters: Warfare In Renaissance Italy Michael Mallett

41 The Florentine Galleys In The Fifteenth Century: With A Diary Of Luca Di Maso Degli Albizzi, Captain Of The Galleys, 1429 1430 Michael Mallett

42 L'armeria Storica Di Castel Sant'angelo: Guida (Italian Edition) Museo Nazionale Di Castel Sant'angelo

43 Imperial Austria: Treasures Of Art, Arms & Armor From The State Of Styria Peter Krenn, Walter J. Karcheski Jr.

44 Years Of The Sword: A Pictorial History, 1300-1485 R. J. Unstead

45 Broadsword And Singlestick: With Chapters On Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella, And Other Weapons Of Self-Defense R.C. Allanson-Winn, C. Phillipps-Wolley

46 The Crossbow: Its Military And Sporting History, Construction And Use Ralph Payne-Gallwey

47 Kill Or Get Killed Rex Applegate

48 Daily Life In Holland In The Year 1566 And The Story Of My Ancestor's Treasure Chest Rien Poortvliet

49 Art, Arms And Armour: An International Anthology: 1979-80 Robert Held

50 The Book Of The Sword: With 293 Illustrations (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor) Sir Richard F. Burton

51 Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum Of Art Stephen N. Fliegel

52 Heroic Armor Of The Italian Renaissance Filippo Negroli And His Contemporaries Stuart W. Pyhrr, Jose-A. Godoy

53 The Martial Arts Of Renaissance Europe Sydney Anglo

54 History Of Warfare: The Renaissance At War Thomas Arnold

55 The Renaissance At War Thomas Arnold

56 The Complete Metalsmith: An Illustrated Handbook Tim Mccreight

57 Boarders Away, Volume I: With Steel: Edged Weapons And Polearms Of The Classical Age Of Fighting Sail, 1626-1826 William Gilkerson

58 Boarders Away, Volume II: Firearms Of The Age Of Fighting Sail William Gilkerson

59 Weapons Through The Ages

William Reid

The Manuscripts:

Ref#	Title	Author	Year
1	Traité DeL'art Militaire Vegetius De Re Militari		1494
2	Statutes Of Warre	Henry VIII	1513
3	Opera Nova	Achille Marozzo	1536
4	Strategemes Sleyghtes And Policies Of Warre		1539
5	New Pollecye Of Warre		1542
6	Statutes For Warre	Henry VIII	1544
7	Preceptes Of Warre		1544
8	Toxophilus The Schole Of Shootyng	Roger Ascham	1545
9	Trattato DiScientia D’Arme	Camillo Agrippa	1553
10	Boke Named Tectonicon	Leonard Digges	1556
11	Art Of Warre	Niccolo Machiavelli	1562
12	Foure Bookes Of Vegetius	John Sadler	1572
13	Certaine Wayes For The Ordering Of Souldiers In Battelray	Peter Whitehorne	1573
14	Regiment For The Sea	William Bourne	1574
15	Regiment For The Sea	William Bourne	1577
16	Proverbes Of The Noble And Woorthy Souldier	Sir James Lopez De Mendoza	1579
17	Arithmeticall Militare Treatise	Thomas Digges	1579
18	Defence Of Militarie Profession		1579
19	Pathwaie To Martiall Discipline	Thomas Styward	1581
20	De Re Militari (Eng. Nicolas Lichefild)	Luis Gutierres De La Vega	1582
21	Pathwaie To Martiall Discipline	Thomas Styward	1582
22	Worthy Tract Of Paulus Iouius		1585
23	Honourable Reputation Of A Souldier	George Whetstone	1586
24	Lawes And Ordinances Militarie	Robert Dudley Earl Of Leicster	1586
25	Path Way To Military Practice	Barnabe Rich	1587
26	Regiment For The Sea	William Bourne	1587
27	Declaration Sur Sa Prise Des Armes	Francois De La Noue	1588
28	Politicke And Militarie Discourses	Francois De La Noue	1588
29	Art Of Warre	Niccolo Machiavelli	1588
30	Three Bookes Of Colloquies Concerning The Arte Of Shooting	Niccolo Tartaglia	1588
31	Oration Militarie		1588
32	Declaration Upon Taking Arms	Francois De La Noue	1589
33	Instructions For The Warres	William De Bellay	1589
34	Formes And Effects Of Weapons	John Smythe	1590
35	Booke Of Honor And Armes	Richard Jhones	1590
36	Briefe Discourse Of Warre	Roger Williams	1590
37	Arithmeticall Warlike Treatise Named Stratioticos	Thomas Digges	1590
38	Approoved Order Of Martial Discipline	Gyles Clayton	1591
39	Newes From Sir Roger Williams	Sir Roger Williams	1591
40	Art Of Warre	William Garrard	1591
41	Solace For The Souldier And Saylour	Simon Harward	1592
42	Force And Effect Of Weapons Of Fire	Humfrey Barwick	1594
43	Giacomo DiGrassi His True Art Of Defence	IG	1594
44	Certain Instruction Of Orders Militarie	John Smythe	1594
45	Of Honor And Honourable Quarrels The Second Booke	Vincentio Saviolo	1594
46	Instructions Observations And Orders Mylitarie	John Smithe	1595
47	A Myrrour For English Soldiers	Vale	1595
48	Vincentio Saviolo His Practice In Two Bookes	Vincentio Saviolo	1595
49	Watchworde For Warre		1596
50	Theorique And Practise Of Warre	Don Bernadino De Mendoza	1597
51	Mirror Of Honor	John Norden	1597
52	Militia Del Gran Duca Di Thoscana	Petruccio Ubaldini	1597
53	Theorike And Practike Of Moderne Warres	Robert Barret	1598
54	Trumpet Of Warre	Stephen Gosson	1598
55	Paradoxes Of Defence	George Silver	1599
56	Trve And Briefe Relation Of The Bloody Battel Of Nievport		1600
57	Honor Military And Civil	William Segar	1602
58	Observations Upon Caesars Commentaries	Clement Edmonds	1604
59	Teatro	Niccoli Giganti	1606
60	Maniement D'Armes D'Arquebuses Mousquetz Et Piques (Eng)	Jacob De Gheyn	1608
61	The exercise of armes for calivres, muskettes, and pikes	Jacob De Gheyn	1608
62	Duello Or Single Combat	John Selden	1610
63	Gran Simulacro Dell'Arte E dell'uso Della Scherma	Ridolfo Capo Ferro	1610
64	Private Schoole O fDefence	George Hale	1614
65	Worke For Cutlers	Thomas Jhones	1615
66	ABCs Of Armes	I T Gent	1616
67	Tactiks Of Aelian	John Bingham	1616
68	Schoole Of The Noble And Worthy Science Of Defence	Joseph Swetnam	1617
69	By The King Keeping Of Armes	James I	1620
70	Military Discipline Wherein Is Most Martially Shone The Order Of Drilling For Ye Musket And Pike	Jacob De Gheyn	1623
71	Experimental Discoverie Of Spanish Practices		1623
72	Of The Art Of Great Artillery	Thomas Digges	1624
73	Vox Militis	George Marcelline	1625
74	Souldiers Accidence	Gervase Markham	1625
75	Free Schoole Of Warre	Paolo Sarpi	1625
76	Double Armed Man	W N Archer	1625
77	Mars His Feild		1625
78	Souldiers Grammar	Gervase Markham	1626
79	Pallas Armata	Dickesonn-Kelly	1627
80	Second Part Of The Soldiers Grammar		1627
81	Prospective Glasse Of Warre	Edward Cooke	1628
82	Maniement d'armes d'arquebuses, mousquets, & picques	Jacob De Gheyn	1628
83	Stratiotikon Or Discourse Of Militarie Discipline		1628
84	Aphorismes Civil And Militarie	Guicciardini	1629
85	Military Garden	James Acheson	1629
86	Instructions For Musters	Charles I	1631
87	Militarie Instructions For Cavalrie	John Cruso	1632
88	Journall Of The Taking In Of Venlo	Henry Hexham	1633
89	Discourse Of Militarie Discipline	Gerat Berry	1634
90	Souldiers Accidence	Gervase Markham	1635
91	Militarie Discipline Or The Young Artillery Man	William Barriffe	1635
92	French Militia Containing Several Beautiful And Notable Instructions On What Must Be Observed	Louis De Montgommery	1636
93	Prinicples Of The Art Military	Henry Hexham	1637
94	Art Of Fortification Or Architecture Militaire As Well Offensiue As Defensiue		1638
95	Directions For Musters		1638
96	Rudiments Of Military Discipline		1638
97	Art Of Warre	Du Praissac	1639
98	Pallas Armata	GS	1639
99	Animadiversions Of Warre	Robert Ward	1639
100	Militarie Discipline Or The Young Artillery Man	William Barriffe	1639
101	Articles Of Militarie Discipline		1639
102	Principles Of The Art Militarie	Henry Hexham	1640
103	Compleat Captain		1640
104	Three Parts Of The Principles Of The Art Military	Henry Hexham	1641
105	Warre Like Treatise Of The Pike	Donald Lupton	1642
106	Prinicples Of The Art Military	Henry Hexham	1642
107	Prinicples Of The ArtMilitary	Henry Hexham	1642
108	Castrametation Or The Measuring Out Of The Quarters For The Incamping Of An Armie	John Cruso	1642
109	Christian Souldier	TJ	1642
110	Discourses Upon Cornelius Tacitus	Virgilio Malvezzi	1642
111	Compleat Schoole Of Warre		1642
112	Military Discipline		1642
113	Remonstrance		1642
114	Treatise Of Pike		1642
115	Souldiers Excercise	Gervase Markham	1643
116	Militarie Discipline Or The Young Artillery Man	William Barriffe	1643
117	Militarie Instructions For Cavalrie	John Cruso	1644
118	Souldiers Catechisme For Parliament	Robert Ram	1645
119	Soldiers Catechisme For The King	Thomas Swadlin	1645
120	Compleat Body Of The Art Militarie	Richard Elton	1650
121	Compleat Body Of The Art Militarie	Richard Elton	1659
122	Copious Englisg And Netherduytch Dictionarie	Henry Hexham	1660
123	Militarie Discipline Or The Young Artillery Man	William Barriffe	1661
124	Instructions For The Muster Master	G Lane	1667
125	Militarie Discipline Or The Young Artillery Man	William Barriffe	1668
126	English Military Discipline		1672
127	Englands Defense A Treatise Concerning Invasion	Thomas Digges	1680
128	Guard Muster	Anon	1683
129	Excercise Of Musket And Pike		1684
130	Fortification And Military Discipline		1688
131	Art Of War	J S	1689
132	Military Discipline		1689
133	Perfection Of Military Discipline		1690
134	Whole Art Of War	J Moxon	1692
135	Compleat Captain		1694
136	Roman Hasta And Pilum Of The Brass And Iron Used By The Ancients	Rev John Grant	1792
137	Considérations Sur L'art De La Guerre	Joseph Rogniat	1817
138	Les Armes Et Les Armures	Paul Lacombe	1877
139	Diderot Arts Des Mines	Diderot	17XX
140	Diderot Arts Militaires	Diderot	17XX
141	Diderot Fabrique Des Armes Escrime	Diderot	17XX
142	Diderot Fonderies	Diderot	17XX
143	Militia Of Genoa Milice De Genes	Jean Gravier	17XX