Warfare manual given to a prince

A superb copy of Henry Hexham’s 'Principles of the Art Militarie' of 1637 was last seen at Sotheby’s in April 1919, as part of the library of the Earl of Chesterfield.

Just a few weeks later London dealer Pickering & Chatto sold it on to Lord Cottesloe for £110,…

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