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VEGETIUS RENATUS, FLAVIUS; et al. Scriptores rei militaris. Edited by Philippus Beroaldus. Typographical diagrams of troop formations in text of Aelianus. [98] leaves. Roman type. Folio, 298x206 mm, 20th-century vellum boards with spine title in ink; mostly marginal soiling particularly on title and last leaf, scattered minor stains, small wormholes at beginning and end partly repaired affecting some words on leaves in last gathering, blank corners of title and last leaf restored. Inscription on title noting current Pope and rulers dated 21 April "MVXXIX" (but probably 1529); ownership inscription of Symon Putheus Viglebiensis (Simone del Pozzo of Vigevano) dated 9 February 1529 on 2R3r and marginalia mainly in Vegetius. (Bologna: Franciscus Plato de Benedictis, 1495-96)
Second edition of a collection of writings by Roman and Greek military authors first printed in 1494, comprising Sextus Julius Frontinus, Strategemata; Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari; Aelianus Tacticus, De instruendis aciebus in the Latin translation by Theodorus Gaza; and Pseudo-Modestus, De vocabulis rei militaris. Omitted here is Onosander, De optimo imperatore, which had been included in the previous edition. C 5330; GW 10410; BMC VI, 828; ISTC is00345000.
