1598 DE MILITIA ROMANA CRUCE LIPSIUS antique ILLUSTRATED WARFARE Plantin vellum

LIPSIUS, Justus

De militia Romana libri quinque, commentarius ad Polybium.
Editio noua [...]

Antwerp, Plantin Press (Joannes Moretus), 1598

Lipsius' treatises on Roman warfare.

 2 parts,

368-[2 bl.], xxix [= 29]-[5, 2 bl.] pp.

With 16 + 9 engravings and woodcuts by P. van der Borcht showing battle arrays of the Roman army

(part I: double-page engraving, 8 full-page or smaller engravings, 7 small woodcuts;
part II: 4 engravings, 5 small woodcuts).

Woodcut mark on part II title

Lacks general title; usual toning

Original overlapping vellum, covers with double blind-ruled border, flat spine (lacks ties).

Good copy.


- Ref. Imhof (Moretus) L-23. - Bibl. Belg. III:1003-1004 L-370. - Bibl. Lips. Brux.
266. - Adams L-782 and L-760. - BT 1944. - Rossetti (Rome) 6259.-

Provenance:  Collector's stamp. Library stamps and tickets.


Bound with

IDEM

Cruce libri tres [...[. Editio quarta [...].

Ibidem, 1599.

96-[7, 1 bl.] pp. (missing title)


19 engravings by Van der Borcht.
Woodcut mark at the end.


- Ref. Imhof L-20. - Bibl. Belg. III:921-922 L-205. - Bibl. Lips. Brux. 177-179. - BT 1942. - Adams L-780. -

Bound with:

 IDEM - De bibliothecis syntagma.
Ibidem, 1602.

34-[1, 1 bl.] pp. (missing title).

First edition

-Ref. Imhof L-13. - Bibl. Belg. III:900 L-144. - Bibl. Lips. Brux. 151-153. -

Bound with:


 IDEM

- Dispunctio notarum Mirandulani codicis ad Cor. Tacitum.

Ibidem, 1602

[8]- 40-3, 1 bl.] pp.

First edition

 Woodcut mark on title.


- Ref. Imhof L-29 (A). - Bibl. Belg. III:925 L-213. - Bibl. Lips. Brux. 184. -

Size 7 by 10 1/4"

Text in Latin
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The Flemish humanist J. Lipsius (1547-1606) intensively studied the Roman military and warfare; his publication is considered a fundamental work on ancient warfare

Lipsius' treatise on ancient Roman warfare, based on the rediscovered writings of the late classical Greek historian Polybius
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