The Book of Fayttes of Armes and of Chyvalrye translated and printed by William Caxton from the French original by Christine de Pisan, edited by A.T.P. Byles

The Book of Fayttes of Armes and of Chyvalrye translated and printed by William Caxton from the French original by Christine de Pisan, edited by A.T.P. Byles, published in 1932. A compilation from the works of Vegetius, Frontinus, Valerius Maximus, Honoré Bonet, and a contemporary anonymous authority on sieges: books three and four, in the form of questions and answers, are based on Bonet’s “L’arbre des batailles.” Hardcover with gilt decoration. Light shelfwear and fading to boards.