ONOSANDER L'art militaire (...) ou il traicte de l'office et deuoir d'un bon chef de guerre [trsl. from the Greek Blaise de Vigenère]. 1605Paris,A. l'Angelier,4to, cont. blindst. vellum (stained), spine on 4 raised bands (def. and clumsily...
Estimation :
180 / 250
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
repaired), mod. endpapers, [4]-734-[2] ff. (fore-edge margin of 1st ff. frayed, occ. spotting or marg. staining, one single wormhole). Good copy.
French trsl. by the diplomat and cryptographer Blaise de Vigenère (1523-1596) of the main work of Onosander (1st c.). It is a treatise on the duties of a general, and one of the rare surviving military texts from Greek Antiquity. Engr. title, engr. arms of Maximilian de Bethune, woodcut diagrams in text. Old name on title "Jo[ann]es Galle" (the engraver?). Mod. bookpl. J. Cayron.
French trsl. by the diplomat and cryptographer Blaise de Vigenère (1523-1596) of the main work of Onosander (1st c.). It is a treatise on the duties of a general, and one of the rare surviving military texts from Greek Antiquity. Engr. title, engr. arms of Maximilian de Bethune, woodcut diagrams in text. Old name on title "Jo[ann]es Galle" (the engraver?). Mod. bookpl. J. Cayron.
