Martial art for the foot people and martial art for the cavalry; l'Art Militaire pour l ' infanterie et l'Art Militaire ?cheval (title on object); Two bound books on martial art for the foot people and the cavalry. Reinforced with cardboard in a parchment band. both are translations from German into French of military manuals; the first for infantry (148 pp illustrations); the 2nd for cavalry (135 pp illustrations). Book one is dedicated by the translator to Maurits; Prince of Orange-Nassau; of whom a medallion portrait on the title card. m.b .. The 2nd is dedicated to Frederik V van Palts. The back is bound with strips of parchment from a medieval illuminated manuscript. Inscription. Signed; Maurits (Prince of Orange); Frederik V (Elector of the Palatinate; King of Bohemia); Johann Jacobi von Wallhausen; France; 1616; paper; cardboard; parchment (animal material); rope; engraving; h 31.4 cm x w 20.5 cm x t 5.7 cm