Garimberti, Il capitano generale, Venice, 1556, contemporary limp vellum

Property from the collection of Marqués de Casa Torres

GARIMBERTI, GIROLAMO

Il capitano generale. Venice: Giordano Ziletti, 1556

8vo (154 x 100mm.), woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials, contemporary limp vellum, lacking final leaf containing device only, occasional light staining, pastedowns slightly torn

Garimberti (1506-1575) was a humanist scholar rather than a military man, and his military treatise is full of references to Classical warfare. It is dedicated to Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma; Garimberti had served in the entourage of his brother Alessandro in the 1530s.

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