VIRI ILLUSTRIS FLAVII VEGETII RENATI & SEX. JULII FRONTINI VIRI CONSULARIS, DE RE MILITARI OPERA; EX RECENSIONE PETRI SCRIVERII. ACCEDUNT ALIA AJUSDEM ARGUMENTI VETERUM SCRIPTA.
Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Joannis Maire, 1633. 12mo, [36], 613 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in early vellum with faded illegible writing on spine. Tearing up rear hinge with a large chunk of material missing from tail of spine. Yapped edges. Edges of textblock dyed. Adhesive residue to endpapers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Light foxing scattered throughout interior.
Contemporary signature to front free endpaper, dated 1633.
Shelved in Case 3.
1409373
Shelved Dupont Bookstore
Price: $350
NOTES
USTC: 1011674. Signatures in 8 and 12.
Vegtius was a Roman citizen writing during the late 4th century/early fifth century. "De re militari" is his treatise on Roman military principles. It gained a renewed popularity as a manual on warfare during the Middle Ages.