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De Militia Romana Libri Quinque, Commentarius ad Polybium. E parte primâ Historiacae Facis [And:] Analecta sive Observationes Reliquae ad Militiam et Hosce Libros
by Lipsius, Iustus
- Used
- Condition
- Contemporary vellum, edges blue. Lower pastedown from printed waste. Armorial bookplate of Don Mario Ponce de Leon. Some toning
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Antwerp: Plantin/Moretus, 1596. First Plantin edition. Folding engraved plate at o1 (p. 288), printer's device to title page repeated at sectional title for book V and for Analecta, larger device to terminal leaf of Book V, numerous engraved illustrations in text, decorative initials in text, tailpieces at end of Book V and Analecta. Collation: *,**4, A-Z,a-r4,s6; Aa-Zz, AA-NN4, OO6. Note: s6 is a blank leaf. Pp. [16], 330, [2, blank]; 292, [2, errata], [4, approbatio &c.], [1, colophon (verso blank)]. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary vellum, edges blue. Lower pastedown from printed waste. Armorial bookplate of Don Mario Ponce de Leon. Some toning to text block, some light marginal dampstaining. Very good plus, handsome copy. First Plantin edition. Folding engraved plate at o1 (p. 288), printer's device to title page repeated at sectional title for book V and for Analecta, larger device to terminal leaf of Book V, numerous engraved illustrations in text, decorative initials in text, tailpieces at end of Book V and Analecta. Collation: *,**4, A-Z,a-r4,s6; Aa-Zz, AA-NN4, OO6. Note: s6 is a blank leaf. Pp. [16], 330, [2, blank]; 292, [2, errata], [4, approbatio &c.], [1, colophon (verso blank)]. 1 vols. 4to. Attractive copy of the first Plantin edition of Lipsius, finely illustrated, printed by Plantin/Moretus. Adams L781; Cockle 620 (describing 1614 ed.)
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- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 308633
- Title
- De Militia Romana Libri Quinque, Commentarius ad Polybium. E parte primâ Historiacae Facis [And:] Analecta sive Observationes Reliquae ad Militiam et Hosce Libros
- Author
- Lipsius, Iustus
- Format/Binding
- Folding engraved plate at o1 (p. 288), printer's device to title page repeated at sectional title for book V and for Analecta, l
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary vellum, edges blue. Lower pastedown from printed waste. Armorial bookplate of Don Mario Ponce de Leon. Some toning
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Plantin edition
- Publisher
- Plantin/Moretus
- Place of Publication
- Antwerp
- Date Published
- 1596
- Keywords
- Roman | Military
- Bookseller catalogs
- History, Travel & Geography;
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