LIPSIUS, Justus

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LIPSIUS, Justus
De Militia Romana libri quinque, commentarius ad polybium. Editio ultima. Antwerp, officina Plantinianao Balthasaris Moreti, 1630. In-4 (253 x 178 mm) of 397 pp. 3 ff.n.ch., 1 engraved double page plate. Ivory vellum with flaps, smooth spine, blue speckled edges (contemporary binding). See Cockle, 620 (ed. 1614). Beautiful edition, issued from the presses of Plantin under the direction of Moretus. This history of the army of the ancient Romans is illustrated with a double-page plate and numerous vignettes (including 3 full-page ones). [Bound in:] IDEM. Poliorceticon sive de Machinis tormentis, telis, libris quinque. Editio quarta. Antwerp, officina Plantinianai Balthasarem Moretum, 1625. 219 pp. 3 ff.n.ch. Numerous copper-engraved vignettes, 25 of which are full-page. See Cockle, 672 (ed. 1596). Beautiful collection of two very important treatises on the army and war machines in antiquity. Beautifully illustrated editions.
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