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Lot 34

1670 AN ILLUSTRATED TREATISE ON ROMAN WARFARE AND MILITARY PRINCIPLES

Estimate: $1,980 - $2,250

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Year/Century: 17th century
Language: Latin
Subject: Illustrated
Binding: Leather
Description: VEGETIUS DE RE MILITARI, WITH COMMENTARY, 1670 EDITION De Re Militari, Stewechii Commentarius ad Flavi Vegeti Renati Libros, God. Nunc primum Aeneis Illustratus Figuris. Apud Andream ab Hoogenhuysen; 1670 [16], 604, [49], 78 pages. Cui Accedunt Loca aliquot a Francisco Modio Brug. in Sexto Julio Frontino Notata by Vegetius Renatus, Flavius Vesaliae [i.e. Wesel, Germany]. The Godeschalc Steewich commentary. Several full-page and in-text copper engravings; title page also engraved. 19x11 cm (7½x4"), full calf, raised bands, labeled in morocco, gilt-stamped spine. Written in the late Roman Empire, this treatise on Roman warfare and military philosophy describes the tactics and procedures that were in use when Rome was at its strongest. Well into the early modern era, this elegantly illustrated print version attests to its continued significance as a military guide. In good shape Latin text

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