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Author: Frontinus, Sextus Julius
Short Title: De re militari (1496)
Title: Sextus Iulius Frontinus vir consularis De re militari. Flauius Vegetius vir illustris De re militari. Aelianus De instruendis aciebus. Modesti libellus De vocabulis rei militaris.
Imprint: Bologna: Plato de Benedictis ..., 16 Kalen. Februarias [17 Jan.] 1496.
Comments and Notes: Listed in ISTC under: Scriptores rei militaris, sive Scriptores veteres de re militari. Ed: Johannes Sulpitius Verulanus and Philippus Beroaldus. In four parts, dated: I) 10 July 1495; II) 16 Nov. 1495; III) [n.d.]; IV) [n.d.]; (general colophon) 17 Jan. 1496. Contents: Sextus Julius Frontinus: Strategematicon liber; Flavius Vegetius Renatus: De re militari; Aelianus Tacticus: De instruendis aciebus (Tr: Theodorus Gaza); Modestus: De vocabulis rei militaris [an extract from Vegetius]. Imprint from general colophon. Signatures: 2A-2E6 2F4 2G-2M6 N4 O6 2P- 2R6. Filippo Beroaldo claims, in his letter on leaf 2A1 verso, to have edited all four tracts, but they are printed from the first edition of the recension of Sulpitius Silber, Rome, 1487. cf. BM Cat., v. 6, 828. First 2 tracts have own colophons dated 1495. Bookplate on t.p. verso identified by Dr. Dibner as that of Lazzaro Carafini, Bishop of Como. Bookseller's label: Il Polifilo, Milano. Ms. marginalia in an unidentified hand.
Smithsonian Call Number: U14 .F93 1496
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