von saldern friedrich christoph (9 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: 0. Erste Ausgabe. - Man hat zuweilen die ganze Infanterietaktik der fridericianischen Spätzeit kurzweg als ,Saldernsche Taktik' bezeichnet" (Jähns). - Einband leicht berieben bzw. bestoßen. Rücken m. winzigem altem Nummernschildchen. Etw. gebräunt u. vereinzelt schwach stockfleckig. - Pohler III, 641; Jähns 2529. ge Gewicht in Gramm: 500 8°. Mit gest. Titelvignette u. 13 gefalt. Kupfertafeln. 6 Bll., 260 S., HLdr. d. Zt. a. 5 Bünden m. reicher Rückenverg., 2 goldgepr. Rückenschildern u. dreiseitigem Rotschnitt.

Dresden, Waltherischen Hofbuchhandlung, 1784. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamp on title-page. (16),166 pp., 30 folded engraved plates (3 handcoloured). Clean and fine.

First edition in English following the Dresden edition of 1784, fairly uncommon just 10 locations on Library Hub, a similar number of additional records on WorldCat. Saldern's handbook was widely adopted in the British Army; "An Inspector-General in the Prussian service from 1763 to 1785, where he enjoyed considerable reputation as a tactician, von Saldern was chiefly concerned with establishing certain basic, technical principles of foot movement which, when learned, would serve as the basis for performing the most complicated manoeuvres with speed and precision. In his basic principles he was to be followed closely by Fawcett, when he framed the 1786 Regulations, and later by Dundas in his celebrated drillbook. At this basic level Saldern wrought well; but unfortunately for his reputation he was given to constructing the most involved of advanced manoeuvres, difficult enough to perform on the Potsdam parade-grounds and impossible in any battlefield situation; these appeared large in the Elements of Tacticks, dimming the excellent metal upon which they were based" (Houlding, Fit for Service, pp.235-6). Attractive copy in unrestored contemporary condition. Octavo (213 x 128 mm). Eighteen folding plates, complete with half-title and errata. Contemporary lightly sprinkled calf, red morocco label, flat spine, compartments formed by a broad gilt fillet framed by dotted rolls, gilt milling to the board edges, page edges sprinkled red. A little rubbed, front joint cracked to the cords but holding, corners bumped, mild paste-action browning to the endpapers, bookplate neatly removed from the front pastedown text variably browned and with some offset, two plates a little misfolded and consequently standing proud and slightly creased at the fore-edge, a very good copy.

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, 18 folding engraved plates, slightly browned in places, a few spots, pp. xvi (including half-title), 334, [1, Errata], 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, corners worn, good. 'Von Saldern (1719-85) was an outstanding Prussian tactician who later turned to writing, von Saldern was of great importance in spreading Prussian tactical ideas through the armies of late eighteenth-century Europe. Having entered the army of Frederick William I (1713-40) as an ensign, at the age of sixteen, he first attracted royal attention on account of his great height. Subsequently, his distinguished service during the Seven Years' War (1756-63) secured rapid promotion to the rank of major-general. Frederick the Great considered his tactical ability to be without equal and, from 1763 until his death in 1785, he served as Inspector-General for the Magdeburg Infantry Inspection. His published thoughts on tactics Taktik der Infanterie (1784) and Taktische Grundsätz (1786) though in part criticized as impractical, were soon translated (into English in 1787). In Britain, his evolutions were copied directly by some regiments and his thoughts were influential in the formulation of the British tactical Rules and Regulations of 1792, the adoption of which was seen by many contemporaries as finally making complete the Prussianization of the British service' (Blackwell Reference Online). (ESTC T113849, recording just 2 copies in N. America, Newberry and Toronto).

8vo. pp. 8 p.l., 166, [6]. engraved title vignette & 30 folding engraved plans. contemporary bds. (rubbed). First Edition. A well-illustrated manual on infantry tactics by a Prussian general and skilful tactician who served in the Seven Years' War.