Live auction - Lot 1056

[Militaria - Antiquity]

VEGETIUS RENATUS, Publicus Flavius [- STEWECHIUS, Godescalcus]

De re militari [- Commentarius ad Vegetium Renatum [...]].

Wesel, A. van Hoogenhuysen, 1670

€ 500 / 600

Place your (telephone) bid
Live bidding (Drouot*) Live bidding (Invaluable*)

* 2% online commission in addition to our 28% commission

Lot description

8vo: [48 incl. engr. title]-494, [16]-566, 78, 495/510, 567/604-[47] pp. (few spots, appendices of both works bound at the end).

18th-c. sheep, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red sp. edges (front joint split, tail missing, corners sl. bumped).

Later ed. by P. Scriverius (1576-1660) of the major annotated ed. by the Dutch humanist Stewechius (1557-1588) of the major classical sources for the Roman Army, here with a foreword by H. Grotius. With the folding table "Figura Castrametationis ex Polybio".
Bound with, (as usual), same address: Stewechius, Godescalcus - Commentarius ad Vegetium Renatum [...]. Richely illustrated with in-text engravings.
Ref. VD17 1:047308C (De re militari) & VD17 1:047331U (Commentarius).

Lot 1056

De re militari [- Commentarius ad Vegetium Renatum [...]].

VEGETIUS RENATUS, Publicus Flavius [- STEWECHIUS, Godescalcus]

Please log in to bid
create an account here .
Log in
© Arenberg Auctions 2024 – Webdesign Webit
Voorwaarden | Privacy Policy | Cookiebeleid