An epitome of the whole art of war In two parts. The first of military discipline, containing the whole exercise of the pike and musquet, &c. with plain directions for the various postures. Also the drawing up of battalions, and way of forming them; with the art of doubling, wheeling, forming and drawing up an army into any figure. The way of conducting armies in hilly, woody or plain countries: of encampings, besiegings, giving of battle, &c. The second of fortification and gunnery, which shews the principles and practices of fortification, as now used, as well by the English, as several other European nations, (especially by Their Majesties army) at the late siege of Athlone, Galoway, Limerick, &c. ... Of casements, cittadels, crownworks, ravelins, &c. Of gunnery, ... morters, demy-cannon, &c. with the manner of batteries, &c. All illustrated and further explained by 18 copper-plates, curiously designed and engraven.

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An epitome of the whole art of war In two parts. The first of military discipline, containing the whole exercise of the pike and musquet, &c. with plain directions for the various postures. Also the drawing up of battalions, and way of forming them; with the art of doubling, wheeling, forming and drawing up an army into any figure. The way of conducting armies in hilly, woody or plain countries: of encampings, besiegings, giving of battle, &c. The second of fortification and gunnery, which shews the principles and practices of fortification, as now used, as well by the English, as several other European nations, (especially by Their Majesties army) at the late siege of Athlone, Galoway, Limerick, &c. ... Of casements, cittadels, crownworks, ravelins, &c. Of gunnery, ... morters, demy-cannon, &c. with the manner of batteries, &c. All illustrated and further explained by 18 copper-plates, curiously designed and engraven.
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Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691.
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London :: printed for J. Moxon, at the sign of Atlas in Warwick-Lane,
1692.
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Military art and science -- Early works to 1800.
Military art and science -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Fortification -- Early works to 1800.
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"An epitome of the whole art of war In two parts. The first of military discipline, containing the whole exercise of the pike and musquet, &c. with plain directions for the various postures. Also the drawing up of battalions, and way of forming them; with the art of doubling, wheeling, forming and drawing up an army into any figure. The way of conducting armies in hilly, woody or plain countries: of encampings, besiegings, giving of battle, &c. The second of fortification and gunnery, which shews the principles and practices of fortification, as now used, as well by the English, as several other European nations, (especially by Their Majesties army) at the late siege of Athlone, Galoway, Limerick, &c. ... Of casements, cittadels, crownworks, ravelins, &c. Of gunnery, ... morters, demy-cannon, &c. with the manner of batteries, &c. All illustrated and further explained by 18 copper-plates, curiously designed and engraven." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A51540.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.

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A CATALOGUE OF Globes, Celestial and Terrestrial Spheres, Maps, Sea-Plates, Mathe∣matical Instruments and Books, Made and Sold by J. Moxon, at the Sign of Atlas in Warwick-lane.

GLOBES 26 Inches the Diameter. The Price 20l. the pair.

Globes near 15 Inches Diameter. The Price 4l.

Globes 8 Inches Diamer. The Price 2l.

Globes 6 Inches Diameter. The Price 1l. 10s.

The English Globe, invented by the Right Hononrable the Earl of Castlemain, 12 Inches Diameter. The Price ordinary made up 40s. and with the Projection at Bottom 50s. Best made up 5l.

Concave Hemispheres of the Starry Orb; which serves for a Case to a Terrestrial Globe 3 Inches Diameter, made portable for the Pocket. Price 15s.

Spheres, according to the Copernican Hypothe∣sis, both General and Particular, 20 Inches Diameter. Price of the General 5l. of the Particular 6l. of both together 10l.

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Spheres, according to the Ptolomaick System 14 Inches Diameter. Price 3l.

Spheres, according to the Ptolomaick System, 8 Inches Diameter. Price 1l. 10s.

Gunter's Quadrant, 12 Inches Radius, print∣ed on Paper, and pasted on a Board, with a Nocturnal on the back-side. Price 5s.

Gunter's Quadrant, 4 Inches Radius, printed on Paper, and pasted on Brass, with a Noctur∣nal on the back-side, and a Wooden Case co∣vered with Leather fit for it. A new Inven∣tion contrived for the Pocket. Price 6s.

A large Map of the World, 10 Foot long, and 7 Foot deep, pasted on Cloth and coloured. Price 2l.

A Map of all the World, 4 Foot long, and 3 Foot deep, pasted on Cloth and coloured. Price 10s. in Sheets 2s. 6d.

A Map of the English Empire in America, de∣scribing all Places inhabited here by the English Nation, as well on the Islands as on the Conti∣nent. Price 15s.

Six Scriptural Maps, 1. Of all the Earth, and how after the Flood it was divided among the Sons of Noah. 2. Of Paradise or the Garden of Eden, with the Countries circumjacent inhabi∣ted by the Patriarchs. 3. The 40 Years tra∣vel of the Children of Israel through the Wil∣derness. 4. Of Canaan, or the Holy Land, and how it was divided among the twelve Tribes of Israel, and Travelled through by our Savi∣our and his Apostles. 5. The Travels of 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and others of the Apostles, in their propagating the Gospel. 6. Jerusalem, as it

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stood in our Saviour's time; with a Book of Explanations to these Maps, Entituled, Sacred Geography. Price 6s. Useful to be Bound up with Bibles.

A Sea-Plate, or Map of all the World, ac∣cording to Mercator, in two large Royal Sheets of Paper; set forth by Mr. Edward Wright, and newly corrected by Joseph Moxon, &c. Price 2s.

Sea-Plats for Sailing to all Parts of the World. Price 6d. the Sheet.

The famous City of Batavia in the East-Indies, built and inhabited by the Dutch, curi¦ously Engraved, and Printed on four large Sheets of Royal-Paper. Price 2s. 6d.

A small Map of the World, with Descrip∣tions, on one Sheet. Price 6d.

A New Map of the Kingdom of Ireland, in one Royal Sheet of Paper. Price 1s. by J. Moxon.

A New Map of England, shewing the Roads from Edinburgh to London, in two Sheets. Price 1s. by J. Moxon.

A New Map of Scotland, in one Royal Sheet. Price 1s. by J. Moxon.

North and South Hemespheres 16 Inches Di∣ameter, projected on the Poles of the World; the South, according to Mr Haley's Observa∣tion, with a Horizon. Price, in Sheets, 2s. 6d. Made up 6s.

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BOOKS.

A Tutor to Astronomy and Geography, or the Use of both the Globes, Celestial and Ter∣restial; by Joseph Moxon, A Member of the Royal Society, and Hydrographer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty. Price 5s.

The Use of the Copernican Spheres, teaching to Solve the Phoenomena by them, as easily as by the Ptolomaick Spheres; by Joseph Moxon, &c. Price 4s.

Wright's Correction of Errors in the Art of Navigation. Price 8s.

New and rare Inventions of Water-works, teaching how to raise Water higher than the Spring. By which Invention, the Perpetual Motion is proposed, many hard Labours per∣formed, and varieties of Motion and Sounds produced. By Isaac de Caus, Engineer to King Charles the First. Price 8s.

Practical perspective, or Perspective made easie. Teaching by the Opticks how to delineate all Bodies, Buildings, and Landskips, &c. By the Catoptricks, how to delineate confused Appear∣ances, so as when seen in a Mirrour or Polish'd Body of any intended Shape, the Reflection shall shew a Design. By the Dioptricks, how to draw part of many Figures into one, when seen through a Glass or Crystal cut into many Faces. By Joseph Moxon, &c. Price 7s.

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An exact Survay of the Microcosm, being an Anatomy of the Bodies of Man and Woman, wherein the Skin, Veins, Nerves, Muscles, Bones, Sinews, and Ligaments are acurately delineated. Engraven on large Copper-plates, Printed and curiously pasted together, so as at first sight you may behold all the parts of Man and Woman; and by turning up of several Dis∣sections of the Papers, take a view of all their inwards; with Alphabetical References to the Names of every Member and part of the Body. Set forth in Latin by Remelinus and Michael Sapher of Tyrol; and Englished by John Ireton, Chyrurgion; and lastly, perused and corrected by several Anatomists. Price 14s.

Vignola, or the Compleat Architect; shewing a plain and easie way the Rules of the Five Orders in Architecture, viz. Tuscan, Dorick, Io∣nick, Corinthian, and Composite; whereby any that can but read and understand English, may readily learn the Proportions that all members in a Building have to one another: Set forth by Mr. James Barrozzio of Vignola, and Trans∣lated into English by Joseph Moxon, &c. Price 3s. 6d.

Christiologio, Or a brief but true Account of the certain Year, Month, Day, and Minute of the Birth of Jesus Christ. By John Butler, B. D. and Chaplain to his Grace James Duke of Or∣mond, &c. and Rector of Lichborough in the Dio∣cess of Peterborough. Price 3s. 6d.

A Tutor to Astrology, or Astrology made easie: being a plain Introduction to the whole Art of Astrology; whereby the meanest Apprehension

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may learn to Erect a Figure, and by the same to give a determined Judgment upon any que∣stion or Nativity whatsoever. Also New Ta∣bles of Houses, calculated for the Latitude of 51 degr. 32 minutes; Also Tables of Right and Oblique Ascentions to 6 degr. of Latitude. Whereunto is added an Ephemeris for three Years, with all other necessary Tables that be∣long to the Art of Astrology. Also to Erect a Figure the Rational way, by the Tables of Tri∣angles, more methodically than hath yet been published, digested into a small Pocket Volume, for the conveniency of those that Erect Figures abroad. By W. Eland. Price s.

Mathematicks made easie, or a Mathematical Dictionary, Explaining the Terms of Art, and Difficult Phrases used in Arithmetick, Geometry, Astronomy, Astrology, and other Mathematical Sciences. By Joseph Moxon, &c. The 2d. Edit. Corrected and much Enlarged. Price Bound 3s.

The Use of a Mathematical Instrument call∣ed a Quadrant; shewing very plainly and easily to know the exact Height and Distance of any Steeple, Tree, or House, &c. Also to know the Hour of the Day by it; the Height of the Sun, Moon, or Stars; and to know the time of the Sun-Rising, and the Length of every Day in the Year; the place of the Sun in the Ecliptick, the Azimuth, Right Ascension, and Declination of the Sun; with many other ne∣cessary and delightful Conclusions: performed very readily. Also the Use of the Nocturnal, whereby you may learn to know the Stars in

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Heaven and the Hour of the Night by them; with many other delightful Operations. Price 6d.

A brief Discourse of a passage of the North-Pole to Japan, China, &c. pleaded by three Ex∣periments, and Answers to all Objections that can be urged against a Passage that way. As, 1. By a Navigation into the North-Pole, and two Degrees beyond it. 2. By a Navigation from Japan towards the North-Pole. 3. By an Experiment made by the Czar of Muscovy, whereby it appears, that to the Northward of Nova Zembla is a free and open Sea as far as Japan, China, &c. With a Map of all the dis∣covered Land nearest to the Pole. By Joseph Moxon, &c. Price 6d.

Regulae Trium Ordinum Literarum Typographi∣carum; Or the Rules of the three Orders of Print-letters, viz. the Roman, Italick, and En∣glish, Capitals and small; shewing how they are compounded of Geometrick Figures, and mostly made by Rule and Compass: Useful for Writing-Masters, Painters, Carvers, Masons, and others that are lovers of Curiosity. By Jo∣seph Moxon, &c. Price 5s

The Use of the Astronomical Playing-Cards, teaching an ordinary Capacity by them to be acquainted with all the Stars in Heaven, to know their Places, Colours, Natures and Big∣nesses. Also the Poetical Reasons for every Constellation. Very useful, pleasant, and de∣lightful for all lovers of Ingenuity. By Joseph Moxon, &c. Price 6d.

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The Astronomical Cards, by Joseph Moxon, &c. Price plain 1 s. Coloured 2 s. best coloured, and the Stars guilt 5 s.

Geographical Playing-Cards, wherein is exact∣ly described all the Kingdoms of the Earth, curiously engraved. Price plain 1 s. coloured 2 s best coloured and gilt 5 s. the Pack.

The Genteel House-keepers pastime; or, the Mode of Carving at the Table, represented in a pack of Playing-Cards. By which, together with the Instructions in the Book, any ordi∣nary Capacity may learn how to cut up, or Carve in mode, all the most usual Dishes of Flesh, Fish, Fowl, and Baked Meats: And how to make the several Services of the same at the Table; with the several Sawces and Garnishes proper to each Dish of Meat. Set forth by se∣veral of the best Masters in the Faculty of Car∣ving, and published for publick use. Price 6d.

Carving Cards, By the best Carvers at the Lords Mayors Table. Price 1 s.

Compendium Euclidis Curiosi: Or, Geometrical Operations, Shewing with one single opening of the Compasses, and a straight Ruler, all the pro∣portions of Euclid's first five Books are per∣formed. Translated out of Dutch into English, by Joseph Moxon, &c. Price 1 s.

An Introduction to the Art of Species; by Sir Jonas Moor. Price 6 d.

Two Tables of Ranges, according to the Degrees of Mounture; by Henry Bod, Senior. Price 6 d.

Mechanick Exercises: Or, the Doctrine of Handy-works, in 9 Monthly Exercises. The

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first Three, viz. Numb. I. Numb. II. Numb. III. teaching the Art of Smithing. The second Three, viz. Numb. IV. Numb. V. Numb. VI. teaching the Art of Joynery. The third Three, viz. Numb. VII. Numb. VIII. Numb. IX. teaching the Art of House-Carpentery. Accom∣modated with suitable Engraved Figures: by Joseph Moxon, &c. Price of each Monthly Ex∣ercise 6d.

Mechanick Dialling; Teaching any man, though of an ordinary Capacity, and unlearn∣ed in the Mathematicks, to draw a true Sun-Dial on any Given Plain, however situated; only with the help of a streight Rule and a pair of Compasses, and without any Arithme∣tical Calculation: by Joseph Moxon, &c. Price 1 s. 6d.

At the place aforesaid, you may have also all manner of Maps, Sea-Plats, Drafts, Mathe∣matical Books, Instruments, &c. at the lowest Prizes.

There is Invented by the Right Honourable the Earl of Castlemain, a new kind of Globe, call'd (for distinction sake) the English Globe; being a fix'd and immovable one, performing what the Ordinary ones do, and much more, even without their usual Appendancies; as Wooden Horizons, Brazen Meridians, Vertical Cir∣cles, &c. For it Composes it self to the Site and Position of the World without the Mariner's Compass, or the like Forreign help; and be∣sides other useful and surprising Operations, (relating both to the Sun and Moon, and per∣form'd by the Shade alone) we have by it not

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only the constant proportion of Perpendicu∣lars to their Shade, with several Corollaries thence arising, but also an easie, new, and most compendious way of describing Dials on all Plains, as well Geometrically as Mechanically: most of which may be taught any one in few Hours, though never so unacquainted with Mathematicks.

To this is added, on the Pedestal, a Projecti∣on of all the appearing Constellations in this Horizon, with their Figures and Shapes. And besides, several new things in it differing from the Common Astrolabe, (tending to a clearer and quicker way of Operating) the very Prin∣ciples of all Steriographical Projections are laid down and Mathematically demonstrated; as is of every thing else of moment throughout the whole Treatise.

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