V. Inl. Fl. Vegetii Renati Comitis, aliorumque aliquot veterum De re militari libri ... . Accedunt Frontini Strategematibus eiusdem auctoris alia opuscula. Omnia emendatiùs Petro Scriverio. Cum commentariis aut notis God. Stewechii & Fr. Modii.
Flavius Vegetius Renatus (fl.late 4th century)
Category
Books
Date
1607
Materials
Place of origin
Netherlands
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3126628
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],102,[4];[6],123,[1];208;[12],347,[1];24,[32]p. . ill.. . 4to.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Seventeenth-century inscription on pastedown, crossed out and illegible, followed by manuscript note in same hand: Tentanda via Ae[]quame quoq possum tollere humo. Late seventeenth- or early eighteenth-century inscription on title page: R. Bentley [i.e. Richard Bentley (1662-1742), classical scholar]. With Bentley's ink manuscript shelfmarks (?) and note on title page, and his marginalia and notes throughout. In another hand on pastedown: manuscript shelfmark, and a note: Dr. Rich. Bentley's copy. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Binding: Seventeenth-century full vellum over thin boards; yapp edges; sewn on four bands.
Makers and roles
Flavius Vegetius Renatus (fl.late 4th century) Sextus Julius Frontinus (c. 40-103 AD) Pieter Schrijver (1576-1660) Godescalcus Stewechius (1551-1586)