VEGETIUS, Flavius De re militari libri quatuor [and] FRONTINUS - De stratagematis [and] AELIANUS - De instruendis aciebus [and] MODESTUS - De vocabulis rei militaris. Item picturae bellicae CXX, [ed. Guillaume Budé]. 1535 Chr. Wechel, folio,...
Estimation :
2800 / 3000
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
18th-c. sheep (rubbed), richly gilt spine on 6 raised bands with gilt label, sp. edges, [8]-279-[1] pp. (occ. mostly marg. staining). Good copy.
Re-issue of the 2nd Wechel ed. of 1534 (1st 1532) of an illustrated humanist ed. by G. Budé (1467-1540) of the classical texts on military matters. 122 full-page and 2 half-page woodcuts showing military machines and siege engines, copied after the 1529 Augsburg ed. by H. Steiner. Woodcut mark on title and at the end. Old ms. ownership entries on title erased. Numerous cont. marg. notes.
Re-issue of the 2nd Wechel ed. of 1534 (1st 1532) of an illustrated humanist ed. by G. Budé (1467-1540) of the classical texts on military matters. 122 full-page and 2 half-page woodcuts showing military machines and siege engines, copied after the 1529 Augsburg ed. by H. Steiner. Woodcut mark on title and at the end. Old ms. ownership entries on title erased. Numerous cont. marg. notes.
