Classical military works in Italian translation, by Du Choul, Frezza, Polyaenus and others, 5 volumes

CLASSICAL MILITARY WORKS IN ITALIAN TRANSLATION

A collection of 5 volumes, comprising:

i. Du Choul, Guillaume. Discorso sopra la castrametatione et disciplina militare de Romani. Lyon: Guillaume Rouille, 1556, folio, woodcut initials and headpieces, woodcut illustrations, with blank leaf o4, old reversed vellum, armorial bookplate of Sir Compton Domville (torn), [USTC 827773], lacking folding plate, a few small wormholes

ii. Frezza, Fabio. Massime, regole, et precetti, di stato, & di guerra. Venice: Evangelista Deuchino, 1614, 8vo, without final blank, later calf-backed boards, [USTC 4021816]

iii. Leo VI, Emperor. Trattato brieve dello schierare in ordinanza gli eserciti, et dell'apparecchiamento della guerra... da Filippo Pigafetta. Venice: Francesco de' Franceschi, 1586, 4to, old vellum, bookplates of Giovanni Domenico Berio, Marchese di Salsa and William Ward, Viscount Dudley, [Edit16 28183], quire H remargined, binding slightly wormed internally and repaired at head of spine

iv. Patrizi, Francesco. La militia romana di Polibio, di Tito Livio, e di Dionigi Alicarnaseo. Ferrara: Domenico Mammarello, 1583, 4to, 12 folding engraved plates, later vellum, bookplate of Thomas Francis Fremantle, [Edit16 47279], some foxing, +2 damaged and repaired, quire O misbound

v. Polyaenus. Stratagemi dell'arte della guerra... tradotti da Nicolo Mutoni. Venice: [Vincenzo Valgrisi], 1551, 8vo, old vellum, purchased from Pickering & Chatto, 12 June 1901, 18s, [Edit16 36162]

together 5 volumes