1607 ILLUSTRATED MILITARY TREATISE De re militari VEGETIUS antique RARE Plantin

De re militari libri.
Accedunt Frontini strategematibus eiusdem auctoris alia opuscula.

Ed. P. Scriverius.

Cum commentariis G. Stewechii & F. Modii.

by Vegetius Renatus, Flavii

5 parts in 1 volume

 (Leiden), Plantin-Rapheleng; 1607


With woodcut printer's mark and numerous woodcuts

4 lvs, 102 pages, 5 lvs, 123 pages, 1 leaf, 208 pages, 6 lvs, 347, 24 pages, 16 lvs.

 -Graesse VI/2, 293. Ebert 23445. Schweiger II, 1304. -


Collection of classical authors on warfare, containing, besides Vegetius, works by Aelianus Tacitus, Polybius, Hyginus, and others.

"Vegetius is improved here according to 8 manuscripts.
The edition is as valuable as it is indispensable, since its entire content has not been repeated in later editions" (Ebert).

Later half cloth over boards, spine with raised bands and title label

Some wear of the binding. Good interior, some toning and foxing

 Size 7 by 9.5"

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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