1591 LIFE of ST.LEOPOLD III ILLUSTRATED antique VELLUM BOUND 16th CENTURY

Polzmann,B.

Compendium vitae, miraculorum S. Leopoldi.

2 parts in 1 volume.

 Klosterneuburg, L. Nassinger; 1591



( This work details the life of St. Leopold III, the patron saint of Austria)

 10 unnumbered, 70 numbered, 2 unnumbered, 53 numbered, 1 unnumbered leaf.


With 7 identical woodcuts in the text (one of which is on the subtitle)

Original lim vellum, lacks ties

- VD16 P 4123. Reske 419. Durstmüller I, 60. LThK VI, 515.-

The only edition from the first printing press in Klosterneuburg, and presumably the first and only printing from the Augustinian Canons' printing house. 

Title page with manuscript ownership entry of Melk Abbey (dated 1671),

Title frayed, with traces of moisture, slightly warped

Size 5 3/4 by 7 3/4"

Text in Latin
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Publius (or Flavius) Vegetius Renatus, known as Vegetius , was a writer of the Later Roman Empire (late 4th century). Nothing is known of his life or station beyond what is contained in his two surviving works:
Epitoma rei militaris (also referred to as De re militari),
and the lesser-known Digesta Artis Mulomedicinae, a guide to veterinary medicine.
He identifies himself in the opening of his work Epitoma rei militaris as a Christian.
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