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
Leiden
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3126629
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 102, [10]; 123, [1]; 208; [12], 347, [1]; 24, [32] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 4to. Running number: 5084. Provenance: manuscript presentation inscription on title page: "Nobilissimo, doctrina vwhiteg[?] ornatissimi Do Francisco Dousae I.F. Amico suo Petrus Scriverius lub. mer. dd." [i.e. to Frans van der Does (1577-1630), Dutch classical scholar, by the editor Pieter Schrijver (1576-1660)]. Binding: seventeenth-century plain vellum; yapp edges; stubs of two pairs of green linen ties; manuscript title and gilt title on brown goatskin label on spine.
Makers and roles
Flavius Vegetius Renatus (fl.late 4th century), author Tacticus Aelianus , author Hyginus Gromaticus (fl.98-117 AD), author Modestus , author Polybius (c.200 - 118 BCE), author Pseudo-Hyginus , author Sextus Julius Frontinus (c. 40-103 AD), author François Modius (1556-1597) , editor Pieter Schrijver (1576-1660), editor Godescalcus Stewechius (1551-1586), editor