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Fiorentin, Fabio/Boeri, Giancarlo: Staffarda 18 Agosto 1690 39,95 €

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:05:10 +0200

The battle on Friday, August 18, 1690, between the troops of the large European alliance against France (known as the "Collegati": Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, England, the Netherlands, and the Duchy of Savoy) and the Piedmontese army of the Sun King, near Staffarda Abbey, not far from Saluzzo in central Piedmont, was one of the most significant episodes on the Italian front of the War of the Palatine Succession, also known as the Augsburg War (16881697). Despite the heavy bloodshed on both sides, the engagement did not prove decisive. The war continued in Piedmont for many years, causing heavy casualties and much suffering, especially for the civilian population, until the signing of the Treaty of Turin in 1696. This treaty ended hostilities between France and the Duke of Savoy, Victor Amadeus II, and sanctioned the neutralization of Italy. However, the conflict continued albeit for a short time on the Flemish and Rhine frontiers, as well as on the Iberian Peninsula (fall of Barcelona).

Wilson, David A.: The Sardinian-Piedmontese Army in the War of the Austrian Succession 1740-1748. Organisation, Uniforms & Equipment Including Flags, Standards & Guidons 59,95 €

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:05:14 +0200

Volume 139 of the series "From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815". This is a comprehensive and fully illustrated study of the uniforms, colours, standards and equipment of the army of the Princes of Sardinia-Piedmont during the War of the Austrian Succession. The background to the conflict, the organisation, the main commanders, regimental details and their main engagements are covered. The study includes details and illustrations of the most important artillery equipment. The militia and other lesser known units are also examined. All the known uniforms of the musicians, including the drummers, buglers, pipers and timpanists, are also illustrated in colour.

Boeri, Giancarlo/Marzin, Gianfranco/Soppelsa, Luca/Vela, Roberto: L'Esercito della Repubblica di Venezia dal 1684 al 1796. Volume 2: Le Uniformi 32,95 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:25:24 +0200

With this work the authors wish to propose a reconstruction of the events of the army of the Republic of Venice in the last hundred years of its existence, a period rich in events that saw the Republic of San Marco, exhausted by the war of Candia (Crete), which ended disastrously in 1669 with the cession of almost the entire island to the Turks, recover vast territories in the Levant (peninsular Greece joined to the continent by the Isthmus of Corinth, called "Morea", or more classically "Peloponnese"), and in Dalmatia (the "New Purchase", or Grimani Line of 14 July 1700), before the end of the century, only to definitively lose many of them during the second War of Morea in 1719. As Eugenio Barbarich already noted about a hundred years ago "... if there is any work of undoubted value on the army of the Venetian Republic, little or nothing published can be found relating to its army, almost as if it were a negligible subject in the vast plot of the political events of the State born on the island of Crete". The study of the evolution of the Venetian military organization will be developed through various volumes, which will analyze it in a chronological way, together with other volumes of in-depth studies on individual themes and topics. This volume will deal with the development of the uniforms of the Venetian army and of the auxiliary or capitulated troops, during the initial period of the war against the Turks (1684-1685).

Marzin, Gianfranco/Boeri, Giancarlo/Soppelsa, Luca: L'Esercito della Repubblica di Venezia dal 1684 al 1796. Volume 1 43,95 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:25:27 +0200

The Most Serene Republic of Venice, the beating heart of the entire State that the lagoon city had to build around itself and on which it imposed its dominion, never had the intention of organizing itself to submit to its sovereignty more territories (Italian and otherwise) than it could use to protect its naval bases from land attacks and worked to prevent others from establishing similar ones in any way in order to threaten its trade routes, its markets, disturbing those political balances that produced its economic fortunes. This way of behaving was valid not only towards other States, but was always applied also within its possessions where the development of the major urban centers was certainly not favored but controlled and compressed always in favor of the lagoon city. Finally, the Venetians always directed their efforts and capital towards the defence and expansion of their vast eastern empire, more coastal and insular than territorial, dealing with "Italian affairs" only to maintain the division of the peninsula into many small different states, in constant conflict with each other, with the aim of preventing one of them from gaining the upper hand over the others to the point of becoming too great a threat even for them. With this work the authors wish to propose a reconstruction of the events of the army of the Republic of Venice in the last hundred years of its existence, a period rich in events that saw the Republic of San Marco, exhausted by the war of Candia (Crete), which ended disastrously in 1669 with the cession of almost the entire island to the Turks, recover vast territories in the Levant (peninsular Greece joined to the continent by the Isthmus of Corinth, called "Morea", or more classically "Peloponnese"), and in Dalmatia (the "New Purchase", or Grimani Line of 14 July 1700), before the end of the century, only to definitively lose many of them during the second War of Morea in 1719. As Eugenio Barbarich already noted about a hundred years ago "... if there is any work of undoubted value on the army of the Venetian Republic, little or nothing published can be found relating to its army, almost as if it were a negligible subject in the vast plot of the political events of the State born on the island of Crete". The study of the evolution of the Venetian military organization will develop through various volumes, which will analyze it chronologically, together with other volumes of in-depth studies on individual themes and topics.

Boeri, Giancarlo / Piana, Paolo Giacamone / Vela, Roverto / Aimaretti, Guglielmo: La Guerra di Sardegna e di Sicilia 1717-1720. L'Esercito Sabaudo e le Milizie Siciliane 45,47 €

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:55:05 +0200

The book is dedicated to the armies and navies operating in the Italian area during a conflict that saw Spain's attempt to reconquer Sardinia and Sicily, which had become possessions of the Habsburgs and Savoy.
The military aspects of the brief period when the Duchy of Savoy and the Kingdom of Sicily were united under the crown of Victor Amadeus II and the subsequent war have been all but ignored in the past. Extensive documentation, previously scarcely accessible, has made it possible to reconstruct an almost ignored, but highly honourable event for the Savoy troops, who. surrounded by a hostile population, faced with overwhelming adversary forces and with an unfriendly ally, always maintained maximum cohesion, executing to perfection the defensive plan devised by Victor Amadeus II from the previous year and managing to hold the island until 1720. This volume (divided into three tomes) is the first in the series and deals with the Savoy army and navy, as well as the militia and other Sicilian corps.

All three previously published volumes on this conflict over Sardinia and Sicily have now been brought together in one volume.

Italian Text, paperback, many colour illustrations. 226 pages.

Boeri, Giancarlo/Aimaretti, Guglielmo u.a.: La Guerra di Sardegna e di Sicilia 1717-1720. L'Esercito Sabaudo e le Milizie Siciliane. Volume 1: Le vicende storiche. 2a edizione 32,95 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:25:24 +0200

The series is dedicated to the armies and fleets that operated in the Italian theatre during a conflict in which Spain attempted to reconquer Sardinia and Sicily, which had become possessions of the Habsburgs and Savoys.
The military aspects of the brief period in which the Duchy of Savoy and the Kingdom of Sicily were united under the crown of Victor Amadeus II and the subsequent war have received little attention in the past. Thanks to extensive, hitherto scarcely available documents, it has been possible to reconstruct an almost unnoticed but highly honourable event for the Savoy troops, who, surrounded by a hostile population, in the face of overwhelming enemy forces and an unfriendly ally, always maintained the highest degree of cohesion, carried out the defence plan drawn up by Victor Amadeus II since the previous year to perfection and were able to hold the island until 1720. This volume (divided into three volumes) is the first in the series and deals with the Savoy army and navy as well as the militia and other Sicilian corps. Volume 1 deals with the historical events, volume 2 with the organisation and volume 3 with uniforms, equipment and flags.

Boeri, Giancarlo/Aimaretti, Guglielmo u.a.: La Guerra di Sardegna e di Sicilia 1717-1720. L'Esercito Sabaudo e le Milizie Siciliane. Volume 2: Le organizzazione. 2a edizione 32,95 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:25:27 +0200

Boeri, Giancarlo/Aimaretti, Guglielmo u.a: La Guerra di Sardegna e di Sicilia 1717-1720. L'Esercito Sabaudo e le Milizie Siciliane. Volume 3: Le uniformi. 2a edizione 32,95 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:25:24 +0200

Mugnai, Bruno: Wars and Soldiers in the Early Reign of Louis XIV. Volume 6: Armies of the Italian States 1660-1690. Part 2 48,95 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:20:28 +0200

In the 17th century, Italy was the third-largest country by population in Europe, after France and Germany, passing into second position for a century after 1650. Northern as well as southern Italy constituted a key place in the strategic duel between Spain and France, and the Peninsula lied on the front line in the struggle against the Ottoman Empire. Moreover, Italian states constituted good examples of fairly efficient governance machines, which developed many matters, included the "Military". Some of these states experienced long periods of wars, to the point that the claim regarding social elites progressively demilitarized to an unequalled extent anywhere else in Europe should be considered no longer valid.
This second volume looks at the armies of the lesser Italian States. The armies of Genoa, the Papal States, Tuscany, Parma, Modena, Mantua, Lucca, and many others are all examined in detail never before seen in the English language.

This volume also covers the nature and execution of military affairs and war in Italy. The book is lavishly illustrated and comes with 16 especially commissioned colour plates drawn by the author himself.

Mugnai, Bruno: Wars and Soldiers in the Early Reign of Louis XIV. Volume 6: Armies of the Italian States 1660-1690 (Part 1) 37,95 €

Sat, 23 May 2026 07:30:10 +0200

It was a commonplace that Italy offers little of interest to military historians after the full flower of the Renaissance, and that it had been deservedly forgotten. Italian Risorgimento desperately wanted to repudiate the values of the previous centuries. In place of a politically fragmented and militarily weak collection of small states, in the thrall of Counter-Reformation Catholicism, the 19th century historians dreamed of a united, secular, industrial and well-armed country that could withstand comparison to France, England and Germany. The lack of interest on this period increased even more under the fascist regime, which preferred to elude a period in which Italian states appeared as political entities dominated by foreign interference and focusing on the unreal Imperial myth reworked from the vestiges of the monuments of ancient Rome.
However, in the 17th century Italy was the third-largest country by population in Europe, after France and Germany, passing into second position for a century after 1650. Northern as well as southern Italy constituted a key place in the strategic duel between Spain and France, and the Peninsula lied on the front line in the struggle against the Ottoman Empire. Moreover, Italian states constituted good examples of fairly efficient governance machines, which developed many matters, included the "Military". Some of these states experienced long periods of wars, to the point that the claim regarding social elites progressively demilitarized to an unequalled extent anywhere else in Europe should be considered no longer valid.

This first part of Volume 6 places Italian political and military within the wider European context and examines the armies of Savoy-Piedmont and the Republic of Venice.

Fiorentin, Fabio: Luzzara 1702. The Battle of Ferragosto 38,95 €

Sat, 23 May 2026 07:30:10 +0200

The bloody battle that took place on the banks of the Po on 15 August 1702 marked the beginning of a bloody struggle that lasted until 1706, in which even the towns were not spared and in which the respective inhabitants took an active part. The author deals with the events leading up to the battle and with the composition of the armies involved, especially that of the State of Milan, which was partly made up of officers and soldiers from the Italian peninsula.

The reconstruction of the situation on the ground is very meticulous and is done using sources that were difficult to find. What is remarkable is the detailed study of the state of the sites at the time of the battle, which today is no longer comparable to that of 1702 due to the changes that the course of the Po has undergone over time and the human activities and settlements that have taken place. Without it, it would not be easy to understand the movements of the troops in the area and the course of the battle itself. In this book, Fabio Fiorentin has managed to capture the various aspects of one of the most significant moments of the War of the Spanish Succession in Italy, which culminated in the famous siege of Turin in 1706 and ended with the defeat of the Franco-Spanish armies, which were forced to abandon the peninsula. In it, a strong imperial (or Austrian) dominance was established in place of the Spanish, which, between various vicissitudes and the Napoleonic interruption, shaped Italian history for the next 150 years. Fiorentin also extends his research to the events after the battle and their impact on the overall course of the war, so one may look forward to his further studies on this period.

Boeri, Giancarlo/Piana, Paolo Giacomone: Armies of the Polish War of Succession in Italy (1733-1736). Band 1: L'Armée d'Italie. Teil 3: The Uniforms 35,95 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:20:28 +0200

This series is dedicated to the armies and fleets that operated in Italy during the War of the Polish Succession (1733-1736), which pitted the forces of Emperor Charles VI against those of France, Spain and the Kingdom of Sardinia, later joined by the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. This volume (divided into three parts) is the first in the series and covers both the events of the war in general and the specific events surrounding the French Italian army. Part 1 deals specifically with historical events, Part 2 with organisation, and Part 3 (this one) with uniforms, equipment and flags.

Boeri, Giancarlo/Piana, Paolo Giacomone: Armies of the Polish War of Succession in Italy (1733-1736). Volume 1: L'Armée d'Italie. Part 1: Historical Events 35,95 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:20:28 +0200

The military events of the War of Polish Succession have always been rather neglected, focusing instead on the diplomatic aspects of the conflict. Perhaps this is also due to the circumstance that in the German sector, considered the main theater of operations, no major events of arms took place, apart from the siege of some strongholds, while the only two battles of the war (Parma and Guastalla) occurred in Italy.
This series is devoted to the armies and navies operating in the Italian area during the conflict, which pitted the forces of Emperor Charles VI against those of France, Spain and the Kingdom of Sardinia, later joined by the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. This volume (divided into three tomes) is the first in the series and covers both the events of the war in general and the particular events of the French Armée dItalie. Tome 1 deals specifically with historical events, tome 2 with organization, and tome 3 with uniforms, equipment, and flags.

The military events of the War of the Polish Succession have always tended to be neglected, focussing instead on the diplomatic aspects of the conflict. Perhaps this is also due to the fact that, apart from the siege of a few fortresses, no major battles took place in the German-speaking area, which is considered the main theatre of operations, while the only two battles of the war (Parma and Guastalla) took place in Italy.

Ilari, Virgilio/Boeri, Giancarlo: Velletri 1744. La Mancata Riconquista Austriaca delle Due Sicilie 39,95 €

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 06:45:01 +0200

Italy became embroiled in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) as Spain attempted to recapture the Lombard duchies lost in 1708. The Spanish expedition of Montemar (1742-43) was repulsed by the Austrians thanks to the intervention of the Piedmontese army on the Panaro, and Austria took advantage of this to try in turn to reconquer the Kingdom of Naples, which had been conquered ten years earlier by Charles of Bourbon, son of the Spanish royal family.

The Austrian pursuit of the skilful Spanish retreat failed in the summer of 1744 in front of the entrenched camp that the Spanish and Neapolitan armies had set up under the command of King Charles of Bourbon at Velletri. Since no one wanted to risk a decisive battle, there was a long stalemate, dearly paid for by the population, with various diplomatic back-and-forths and Austrian attempts, partly supported by English ships and reactionaries hostile to King Charles' reformism, to win an indirect victory (first with a raid in Abruzzo, then with a narrowly failed coup against Velletri with the aim of capturing the king). The campaign ended with the Austrians' retreat to Rimini and King Charles' solemn entry into Rome, celebrated by the Pope.

Boeri, Giancarlo/Grattarola, M./Piana, P. Giacomone u.a.: L'Esercito Pontificio nel 1708-1709. Volume 2: Guerra di Comacchio e di Ferrara 38,95 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:15:28 +0200

Many years ago, together with our friend Massimo Brandani, we began to collect information and ideas for a publication on the army that the Pope had to hastily collect in 1708 to face the bullying of the imperial armies, which, after the victory of Turin in 1706, raged through the Peninsula, threatening the minor states of the Italian Princes, claiming the right to dispose of the territory and its resources at the will of the Court of Vienna, engaged in the hard war for the succession of Spain to support their claims to that throne. Massimo's pencil knew how to capture the spirit of the time and from the sparse descriptions and arid figures of the archival documents, with the help of some contemporary painting he was able to recreate the appearance that those soldiers should have shown. There was neither the time nor the way to reach the publication, with the exception of two meager articles published in a magazine for enthusiasts, because Massimo suddenly left us. After years we have managed to reassemble and rework the pieces of the puzzle and we present the result in this work, which we dedicate to our deceased friend. Roberto Vela, for his part, was able to reinterpret the spirit of Massimo's drawings and on the basis of some notes he recreated the summary tables of the uniforms of the majority of the bodies created in 1708. that we dedicate to the missing friend. Roberto Vela, for his part, was able to reinterpret the spirit of Massimo's drawings and on the basis of some notes he recreated the summary tables of the uniforms of the majority of the bodies created in 1708. that we dedicate to the missing friend. Roberto Vela, for his part, was able to reinterpret the spirit of Massimo's drawings and on the basis of some notes he recreated the summary tables of the uniforms of the majority of the bodies created in 1708.

They skilfully capture the spirit of the times and what was typical of soldiers in the early 18th century.

Boeri, Giancarlo/Grattarola, M./Piana, P. Giacomone u.a.: L'Esercito Pontificio nel 1708-1709. Volume 1: Guerra di Comacchio e di Ferrara 38,95 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:15:28 +0200

Paoletti, Ciro: Italy, Piedmont, and the War of the Spanish Succession 44,95 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:15:28 +0200

The War of Spanish Succession is well known in English concerning Flanders and Germany, not that much concerning Spain, not at all about Italy. The Italian front was so important that the French considered it as important as the German one, and committed there their best generals. William III considered it to be far more important than Spain, and, in spite of having no British army there, after King William's death London committed to it 1/10 of her war expense. It was considered so important in Vienna that the Emperor sent there his best general. Last, it was the front where all the French hopes to submit Europe died in Turin in 1706 after the first dramatic wound they suffered in Blenheim in 1704.

Boeri, Giancarlo/Mirecki, J. L/Aimaretti, Guglielmo u.a.: La Guerra di Sardegna e di Sicilia 1717-1720. Band 3/1: Gli Eserciti Contrapposti: Savoi, Spagna, Austria . Teil 3: L'Esercito Austriaco nel 1717-1720 32,95 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:00:32 +0200

Third part of the second volume of a mini-series on uniform illustrations by the Italian military painter and military historian Giancarlo Boeri. The three volumes focus on the armies of Savoy, Spain and Austria, which fought for control of Sardinia and the Kingdom of Sicily between 1717 and 1720.

The third part of the second volume deals with the Austrian army during the conquest or defence of the positions gained in Sardinia and the Kingdom of Sicily. In addition to the uniforms of the Austrian army, the organisation of this force as well as its undertakings within the framework of the so-called War of the Fourfold Alliance 1717-1720 are presented.

Boeri, Giancarlo/Mirecki, J. L/Aimaretti, Guglielmo u.a.: La Guerra di Sardegna e di Sicilia 1717-1720. Band 2/1: Gli Eserciti Contrapposti: Savoi, e la Guerra per la Conquista e la Difesa della Sardegna e della Sicilia 32,95 €

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:00:32 +0200

First part of the second volume of a mini-series on uniform illustrations by the Italian military painter and military historian Giancarlo Boeri. The three volumes focus on the armies of Savoy, Spain and Austria, which fought between 1717 and 1720 for control of Sardinia and the Kingdom of Sicily. The first part of the second volume deals with the army of Spain during the conquest or defence of the gained positions in Sardinia and the Kingdom of Sicily, and especially with the infantry. In addition to the uniforms of the Spanish army, the organisation of this force as well as its undertakings in the context of the so-called War of the Fourfold Alliance 1717-1720 are presented.