VARGAS MACHUCA BERNARDO DE Milicia y Descripcion de las Indi

Sale 2163 - Lot 324

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THE FIRST MANUAL OF GUERILLA WARFARE VARGAS MACHUCA, BERNARDO DE. Milicia y Descripcion de las Indias. Armorial engraving on title page, cut of the spheres. Small 4to, early gilt calf, minor wear; lacks portrait facing page 1 and (as usual) final leaf with printing ornament, soiling and wear on lower corners of last few index pages; inked library stamps. Madrid, 1599

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first edition. A tactical manual by a Spanish veteran of the South American frontier. "The first manual of guerilla warfare ever published . . . he advocated for the Americas the creation of commando groups to carry out search-and-destroy missions deep within enemy territory for up to two years at a time"--Parker, The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West (Cambridge, 1996), 120. Includes significant chapters on military medicine and natural history. This is apparently the first copy to come to auction since 1967. European Americana 599/89; Hough Antilles 9; Medina BHA I:402; Palau 352445; Sabin 98604.