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VALTURIUS, Robertus. De re militari, in Italian: Opera dell'arte militare. Translated by Paolo Ramusio. Verona: Boninus de Boninis, 17 February 1483. 2° (297 x 195mm). 233 (of 314) leaves. 37 lines and headline, roman type. Initials in blue with red, green or violet decoration, smaller initials and paragraph marks in red. (Lacks all woodcuts, some staining, mostly marginal, washed, a few small wormholes.) Early 19th-century red straight-grained morocco gilt, brown glazed endpapers, gilt edges (edges rubbed). Provenance: Syston Park (bookplate) - W.F. Spikes (receipt of purchase from Francis Edwards, 1970). FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN. HC 15849; BMC VII, 952; Klebs 1015.1; Goff V-90.
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VALTURIUS, Robertus. De re militari, in Italian: Opera dell'arte militare. Translated by Paolo Ramusio. Verona: Boninus de Boninis, 17 February 1483. 2° (297 x 195mm). 233 (of 314) leaves. 37 lines and headline, roman type. Initials in blue with red, green or violet decoration, smaller initials and paragraph marks in red. (Lacks all woodcuts, some staining, mostly marginal, washed, a few small wormholes.) Early 19th-century red straight-grained morocco gilt, brown glazed endpapers, gilt edges (edges rubbed). Provenance: Syston Park (bookplate) - W.F. Spikes (receipt of purchase from Francis Edwards, 1970). FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN. HC 15849; BMC VII, 952; Klebs 1015.1; Goff V-90.

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VALTURIUS, Robertus. De re militari, in Italian: Opera dell'arte militare. Translated by Paolo Ramusio. Verona: Boninus de Boninis, 17 February 1483. 2° (297 x 195mm). 233 (of 314) leaves. 37 lines and headline, roman type. Initials in blue with red, green or violet decoration, smaller initials and paragraph marks in red. (Lacks all woodcuts, some staining, mostly marginal, washed, a few small wormholes.) Early 19th-century red straight-grained morocco gilt, brown glazed endpapers, gilt edges (edges rubbed). Provenance: Syston Park (bookplate) - W.F. Spikes (receipt of purchase from Francis Edwards, 1970). FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN. HC 15849; BMC VII, 952; Klebs 1015.1; Goff V-90.
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