XGod. Stewechii Commentarius, Ad Flavi Vegeti Renati Libros, De Re Militari. Nunc Primum Figuris Aeneis Illustratus. Cui Accedunt Loca Aliquot A Francisco Modio Brug. In Sexto Julio Frontino Notata. Vesaliae, Apud Andream Ab Hoogenhuysen, Typog. Ordin. MDCLXX.
Petri Scriverii. Correctionum Militarium Liber; Sive Animadversiones In Vegetium De Re Militari. Primum Ex Intervallo XXV. Annorum Recensitae Atq; Auctae, & Nunc Recusae. MDCLXX.
The Commentary of God. Stewechius on the Books of Flavius Vegetius Renatus, On Military Affairs. Now Illustrated for the First Time with Engravings. To Which Are Added Some Passages Noted by Franciscus Modius of Bruges in the Sixth Book of Julius Frontinus. Wesel, Published by Andreas ab Hoogenhuysen, Official Printer. 1670.
[together with]
The Book of Military Corrections by Petrus Scriverius; or Observations on Vegetius' De Re Militari. First Reviewed and Enlarged After an Interval of 25 Years, and Now Reprinted. 1670.
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First illustrated edition. Illustrated throughout with numerous engravings on weapons, crowns, and depictions of soldiers in their armour. There is also an engraving on an armoured elephant, among many others. A beautiful book, very scarce.
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Size: 125 x 199 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[t.p., 7pp.(*3-*6), 1pp. (*6), 4pp.(*7-*8), pp.597 (A1-2L7), 42pp. (2M5-2P2), 3pp. (2P3-2P4), t.p., pp.3-78 (a2-d7), (2)]
Contemporary full vellum with a dulled ink title to the spine. Binding rubbed and scuffed with some marks. Both boards attached with the front hinge cracked, else minor wear to joints and the rear hinge. Part of the backstrip cracked at the front joint.Text block very clean with light edge toning and very occasional foxing. No attached bookplates. Some damp staining to the first few leaves and few occasional corners. Lacking front blanks. Ink inscription to the head of the front pastedown. Pencil inscriptions to the front and rear pastedown as well as to the rear blank. The main text ends on pp.597(2L7) and restarts on 2M5, thus lacking 5 leaves. Tears with some loss of text to three index pages (2M5-2M7).
