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SCRIPTORES REI MILITARIS, edited by Joannes Sulpitius: Flavius VEGETIUS RENATUS. De re militari. -- Sextus Julius FRONTINUS. Stratagematicon. -- MODESTUS. De vocabulis rei militaris. -- AELIANUS TACTICUS. De instruendis aciebus, translated by Theodorus Gaza. -- ONOSANDER. De optimo imperatore, translated by Nicolaus Sagundinus. Rome: Eucharius Silber, 24 October-3 November 1494.
Chancery 4° (198 x 142mm). Collation: a-p4 q6 r-x4 y2 A-D4 (a1r title, a1v editor's dedication, a2r Vegetius, i4r colophon dated 24 October 1494, i4v blank, k1r Frontinus, q6r colophon dated 3 November 1494, q6v blank, r1r Modestus, r4v blank, s1r Aelianus, A1r Onosander). 104 leaves. 40 lines and headline. Type: 10:81R. Woodcut capitals, initial spaces with printed guide-letters. (Small repair in blank portion of title, minor worming in gutter of a few quires, some contemporary marginal annotations trimmed.)
FIRST EDITION of this collection. Silber had previously printed editions of Vegetius, Frontinus, Aelianus and Modestus in 1487, which were available either together or individually. The letter by Sulpitius mentioning three of the works as recently published is reprinted here. HC *15915; BMC IV, 116 (IA. 19003); Goff S-344; Polain(B) 4715; IGI 8851; IDL 4069; CIBN S-172.
[Bound with:]
LUCIAN, of Samosata. Opera. Bologna: Alexander Lippus, 10 February 1502. 4°. Collation: a-m8 n4. 100 leaves. Woodcut initials.
RARE. The final two dialogues were newly translated for this edition by Ponticus Viruntus, and dedicated to Carulus Sesseus. The first of only 7 books known to have been printed by Lippus, no example of which is in the British Library. Not in Adams or Brunet.
[Bound with:]
HERODIANUS. Historia de imperio post Marcus. Translated by Angelus Politianus. Bologna: Bazalerius de Bazaleriis, 30 September 1493.
Chancery 4°. Collation: a-h8 (a1r title, a1v translator's dedication to Andreae Magnanimus, a2r translator's dedication to Pope Innocent VIII, a3r text, h8v colophon). 63 (of 64, lacking h1) leaves. 36 lines. Type: 3:83R. 3-5-line initial spaces with printed guide-letters. HC *8468; BMC VI, 834 (IA. 28858); Goff H-87; IGI 4691. Second edition, reprinted only one month after Franciscus de Benedictis's edition.
3 works in one volume. 18th-century sprinkled calf, gilt spine, yellow edges. Provenance: 16th-century ownership inscription erased from first title; Arch. Colme (16th-century inscription on first title verso).
Chancery 4° (198 x 142mm). Collation: a-p4 q6 r-x4 y2 A-D4 (a1r title, a1v editor's dedication, a2r Vegetius, i4r colophon dated 24 October 1494, i4v blank, k1r Frontinus, q6r colophon dated 3 November 1494, q6v blank, r1r Modestus, r4v blank, s1r Aelianus, A1r Onosander). 104 leaves. 40 lines and headline. Type: 10:81R. Woodcut capitals, initial spaces with printed guide-letters. (Small repair in blank portion of title, minor worming in gutter of a few quires, some contemporary marginal annotations trimmed.)
FIRST EDITION of this collection. Silber had previously printed editions of Vegetius, Frontinus, Aelianus and Modestus in 1487, which were available either together or individually. The letter by Sulpitius mentioning three of the works as recently published is reprinted here. HC *15915; BMC IV, 116 (IA. 19003); Goff S-344; Polain(B) 4715; IGI 8851; IDL 4069; CIBN S-172.
[Bound with:]
LUCIAN, of Samosata. Opera. Bologna: Alexander Lippus, 10 February 1502. 4°. Collation: a-m8 n4. 100 leaves. Woodcut initials.
RARE. The final two dialogues were newly translated for this edition by Ponticus Viruntus, and dedicated to Carulus Sesseus. The first of only 7 books known to have been printed by Lippus, no example of which is in the British Library. Not in Adams or Brunet.
[Bound with:]
HERODIANUS. Historia de imperio post Marcus. Translated by Angelus Politianus. Bologna: Bazalerius de Bazaleriis, 30 September 1493.
Chancery 4°. Collation: a-h8 (a1r title, a1v translator's dedication to Andreae Magnanimus, a2r translator's dedication to Pope Innocent VIII, a3r text, h8v colophon). 63 (of 64, lacking h1) leaves. 36 lines. Type: 3:83R. 3-5-line initial spaces with printed guide-letters. HC *8468; BMC VI, 834 (IA. 28858); Goff H-87; IGI 4691. Second edition, reprinted only one month after Franciscus de Benedictis's edition.
3 works in one volume. 18th-century sprinkled calf, gilt spine, yellow edges. Provenance: 16th-century ownership inscription erased from first title; Arch. Colme (16th-century inscription on first title verso).