Gorgieri, Trattato della guerra, Pesaro, 1555, modern calf in period style

GORGIERI, LAURO

Trattato della guerra, del soldato, del castellano, et come ha da essere uno general di esercito. Pesaro: Bartolomeo Cesano, 1555

4to (186 x 128mm.), woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials and headpiece, woodcut illustrations, modern crushed tan morocco tooled in period arabesque style by Petit, gilt edges, without final blank, A4 and B2 repaired with loss of a few letters

FIRST EDITION. Gorgieri's tract was based on classical sources in an attempt to show that the present corrupted military system could be improved by a return to classical practice, a recurring theme in military treatises of the time.

LITERATURE:

Cockle 519; Edit16 21467