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Text on the use of the pike in the Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende Spiessen (sheet B)
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Text on the use of the pike in the Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende Spiessen (sheet B)

Jacques de Gheyn (II) · 1597 - 1607 · letterpress printing; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Second leaf (printed on both sides) of a three-leaf text on the use of the pike (spear). Contains a mention of a privilege from the King of France and the States-General. This text forms the introduction to a numbered series of prints of a soldier handling a pike; the whole is part of the Wapenhandelinghe, which also contains texts and numbered print series on handling the arquebus and the musket.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineTekst over het gebruik van de spies in de Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende Spiessen (blad B). 1597 - 1607. Jacques de Gheyn (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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