FRONTINUS, VEGETIUS, MODESTUS, AELIANUS - De re militari - Rare incunable edition, densely notated copy - 1495-1496
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De Re militari is a rare incunable edition (1495–96) in one volume with four works by Frontinus, Vegetius, Aelianus and Modestus, bound in limp vellum and densely notated in an ancient hand on 196 pages in Latin.
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(INCUNABULA; MILITARIA; ILLUSTRATED; NOTATED COPIES) Sextus Julius FRONTINUS, Flavius VEGETIUS De Re militari; AELIANUS De instruendis aciebus; MODESTUS De vocabulis rei militaris.. Bononiae, Plato de Benedictis, 1495-96.
§ 4 parts in one volume, small folio ( 281 x 192), [98] leaves, signature: AA-EE⁶ FF⁴ GG-MM⁶ N⁴ O⁶ PP-RR6. Each work has a separate colophon. At the end of the first work (leaf FF4r) reads: “Impressum Bononiae per Platonem de Benedictis librorum cussore[m] Anno. MCCCCLXXXXV. die uero decimo Iulii”. At the end of the second work (leaf N4v): “Vegetii finis Bononiae impressi per Platone[m] de Benedictis. Anno Domini millesimoquadringentesimononagesimoq[ui]nto. Die uero sectodecimo Nouembris”. At the end of the third work (leaf RR1v): “Finis Aeliani”. The general colophon at the end of the fourth work reads: “De arte militari: Frontinum: Vegetium: Aelianum et Modestu[m] auctores penitus diuinos q[uam]castigatissime impressit omni solertia Plato de Benedictis Bononiensis In alma ciuitare Bononiae Anno salutis. M.cccc.lxxxxvi. decimosexto Kalen. Februarias.”.
Fascinating limp vellum, from an ancient manuscript leaf, a very fine and crisp copy on large paper, densely notated in an ancient hand, some nicely rubricated initial letters , end papers renewed,, complete under all respects and freshly preserved.
IImportant collection of works by authors traditionally known as Scriptores rei militaris; edited by Joannes Sulpitius Verulanus and Filippo Beroaldo, the works here included are Frontinus' Stratagematica, Vegetius' De re militari, Aelianus' Tactica (written in Greek, is known by the Latin title) and Modestus’ De vocabulis rei militaris. This latter is believed to have been actually a 15th century copy from Vegetius. The diagrams depicting the position of troops in tactical formations are created by the use of ordinary printer's types.
F.R. GOFF Incunabula in American libraries, S345; BM, VI, 828
(INCUNABULA; MILITARIA; ILLUSTRATED; NOTATED COPIES) Sextus Julius FRONTINUS, Flavius VEGETIUS De Re militari; AELIANUS De instruendis aciebus; MODESTUS De vocabulis rei militaris.. Bononiae, Plato de Benedictis, 1495-96.
§ 4 parts in one volume, small folio ( 281 x 192), [98] leaves, signature: AA-EE⁶ FF⁴ GG-MM⁶ N⁴ O⁶ PP-RR6. Each work has a separate colophon. At the end of the first work (leaf FF4r) reads: “Impressum Bononiae per Platonem de Benedictis librorum cussore[m] Anno. MCCCCLXXXXV. die uero decimo Iulii”. At the end of the second work (leaf N4v): “Vegetii finis Bononiae impressi per Platone[m] de Benedictis. Anno Domini millesimoquadringentesimononagesimoq[ui]nto. Die uero sectodecimo Nouembris”. At the end of the third work (leaf RR1v): “Finis Aeliani”. The general colophon at the end of the fourth work reads: “De arte militari: Frontinum: Vegetium: Aelianum et Modestu[m] auctores penitus diuinos q[uam]castigatissime impressit omni solertia Plato de Benedictis Bononiensis In alma ciuitare Bononiae Anno salutis. M.cccc.lxxxxvi. decimosexto Kalen. Februarias.”.
Fascinating limp vellum, from an ancient manuscript leaf, a very fine and crisp copy on large paper, densely notated in an ancient hand, some nicely rubricated initial letters , end papers renewed,, complete under all respects and freshly preserved.
IImportant collection of works by authors traditionally known as Scriptores rei militaris; edited by Joannes Sulpitius Verulanus and Filippo Beroaldo, the works here included are Frontinus' Stratagematica, Vegetius' De re militari, Aelianus' Tactica (written in Greek, is known by the Latin title) and Modestus’ De vocabulis rei militaris. This latter is believed to have been actually a 15th century copy from Vegetius. The diagrams depicting the position of troops in tactical formations are created by the use of ordinary printer's types.
F.R. GOFF Incunabula in American libraries, S345; BM, VI, 828
Details
Number of Books
1
Subject
Illustrated, Incunabula & early printing, Military
Book Title
De re militari - Rare incunable edition, densely notated copy
Author/ Illustrator
FRONTINUS, VEGETIUS, MODESTUS, AELIANUS
Condition
Fine
Publication year oldest item
1495
Publication year youngest item
1496
Height
281 mm
Edition
1st Edition
Width
192 mm
Language
Latin
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Plato De Benedctis
Binding/ Material
Vellum
Number of pages
196
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