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Author: Valturio, Roberto, d. 1483
Short Title: De re militari (1472)
Title: Elenchus et index rerum militarium quae singulis codicis huius i[n] uolumi[ni]bus continet[ur] : ut i[m]promptu sint uniuersa hoc est ne talium rerum curiosi perlegant ...
Imprint: Verona: [Joannes Nicolai de Verona, 1472]
Comments and Notes: ISTC does not list this for the Dibner Library, but rather for the Burndy Library. This work was dedicated to Sigismondo Malatesta, tyrant of Rimini. The illustrations are attributed to Giovanni Alvise and Matteo de' Pasti. Imprint from Goff. Colophon (p. [523]): Iohannes ex uerona oriundus: Nicolai cyrugiae medici filius: artis impraessoriae magister: hunc de re militari librum elegantissimum: litteris & figuratis signis sua in patria primus impraessit. An. M.CCCCLXXII. Leaves printed on both sides; 37 lines per page. Unsigned gatherings. Pages [9]-[12] and [524] are blank. Spaces for initials, including first letter of title. Imperfect copy: numerous pages wanting, including: [53], [54], [71], [72], [93], [94], [111], [112], [127], [128], [187], [188], [201], [202], [205]-[224], [269]-[296], [299], [300], [313], [314], [335], [336], [349], [350], [355], [356], [421], [422], [425]-[428], [433]-[436], [439], [440], [481], [482], [499] and [500]. Pages [225]-[268] are misbound between p. [316] and [317]; p. [125]-[126] are repeated once in sequence; p. [181]-[184] are repeated and misbound after p. [268]. Some ms. caption headings and initials are supplied in red and blue ink. Inscribed in ink inside front cover: Liber M[a]g[ist]ri Ioh[ann]is Ugelnheymer, in quo [con]tinatur Uegeti[us] [i.e. Ualturius] De re militari. Bookplate: Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner. Contemporary binding of quarter-calf over wooden boards; raised bands; metal and leather clasps (probably later); vellum ms. waste used to reinforce spine; in modern buckram box.
Smithsonian Call Number: U101 .V215 1472
ISTC
Goff
Hain-Copinger
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Proctor
Polain
UKBYIV00088000-B
V-0088
 
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