Classical military texts, Aelian, Caesar, Onosander, Vegetius and others, a collection of 6 volumes

CLASSICAL MILITARY TEXTS

A collection of 6 volumes, comprising:

i. Aelianus Tacticus. Περι στρατηγικων... De militaribus ordinibus instituendis more graecorum [edited and translated by Francesco Robortello]. Venice: (Andrea and Giacomo Spinelli), 1552, 2 parts (one Greek, one Latin), 4to, titles within woodcut border, woodcut diagrams (repeated in each part; one double-page), woodcut device at end of each part, with blank leaf K4, later English panelled calf, spine gilt in compartments, early signature of Bernardinus Lactantius, armorial bookplate of Sir William H. Cooper, [Edit16 321 & 320], binding slightly worn

ii. Caesar, Gaius Julius. Commentarii. Venice: (Paolo Manuzio), 1559, 8vo, woodcut Aldine device on replacement title-page, woodcut illustrations (including 2 double-page maps), later calf-backed boards, [Edit16 8176], lacking title-page (with an old typographic replacement) and final leaf (containing device only), tear in D2

iii. Onosander. Strategicus sive de Imperatoris institutione... Ορβικιου Επιτηδευμα [edited by Nicolas Rigault]. [Heidelberg]: Commelin, 1600, 3 parts, 4to, woodcut illustrations, later half vellum, Bibliotheca Lindesiana bookplate, inscription "Lindsay. 1827. Jan. w.of. Payne" on verso of flyleaf, [VD16 O 765], upper hinge broken

iv. Vegetius. De re militari libri quatuor [edited by Stewechius; and other works]. Leiden: officina Plantiniana, Franciscus Raphelengius, 1592, 2 parts, 8vo, woodcut illustrations, folding letterpress table, bookplate of Thomas Francis Fremantle, contemporary limp vellum, [Dekesel V14; USTC 423117 & 430563], HH4 torn, upper hinge broken

v. Veteres de re militari scriptores quotquot extant [edited by Stewechius and Scriverius]. Wesel: Andries van Hoogenhuysen, 1670, 2 parts, 8vo, 2 additional engraved title-pages, folding letterpress table, with blank leaf Hh8, engraved and woodcut illustrations, without final blank, contemporary calf neatly rebacked with a gilt spine, bookplate of Thomas Francis Fremantle, [VD17 1:047308C]

vi. [Another copy], 8vo, with both blank leaves, contemporary vellum, folding table torn and repaired

together 6 volumes

The engraved illustrations in the 1670 Wesel edition of Vegetius are based on the woodcuts from Plantin's edition.