1596 WAR MACHINES of ANCIENT ROME LIPSIUS TREATISE antique ILLUSTRATED Plantin

Lipsius Justus

 Poliorceticon, sive de machinis tormentis telis.
Libri Quinque.


Antuerpiae: ex officina Plantiniana, apud Vidiam, & Ioannem Moretum; 1596

 [16], 267, [9] pp.

Title page with faded period ownership notes, woodcut initials and decorations.

A good copy except for the small woodworm hole on the inner lower margin without any loss of text or other negligible signs of aging. Minor toning.

The engravings in the text are in good condition.

Full leather binding, worn, with some wormholes and losses to the upper edge of the spine, spine with raised bands decorated in gilt

decorative endpapers

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First edition of this fascinating treatise on the war machines of ancient Rome, written by the Flemish philosopher and philologist Justus Lipsius, a profound connoisseur and enthusiast of classical culture. The volume is enriched by numerous illustrative engravings.
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 Size 7 by 10"

Text in Latin with some Greek
 

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Justus Lipsius (1547 –  1606) was a Flemish Catholic philologist, philosopher, and humanist.
Lipsius wrote a series of works designed to revive ancient Stoicism in a form that would be compatible with Christianity.
The most famous of these is De Constantia (On Constancy).
His form of Stoicism influenced a number of contemporary thinkers, creating the intellectual movement of Neostoicism.
He taught at the universities in Jena, Leiden, and Leuven.
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