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JUST LIPSE. De militia romana libri quinque, commentarius ad Polybium. Antwerp, Plantin, widow & son of Jean Moretus, 1594. - Poliorceticon sive de machinis, tormentis, telis, libri quinque. Antwerp, Plantin, Moretus, 1605. Together 2 parts in one volume in-4, contemporary vellum. Colson, pp. 52-55. A work by Justus Lipsius on the military system of the Romans, in which the author discusses the raising of troops, the organization of the army, the division of soldiers, the functions of officers, armament, orders of battle, ensigns, signals, etc. The part on poliorcetics is in the form of a book on the military system. The part on poliorcetics is in the third edition. Copper-engraved illustration including a double-page plate and numerous figures in the text. Old handwritten bookplate on the title. Some old annotations in the margins. Some foxing, title page of the first part faded. Volume partly detached and detached from the spine, small crack on one hinge.
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JUST LIPSE. De militia romana libri quinque, commentarius ad Polybium. Antwerp, Plantin, widow & son of Jean Moretus, 1594. - Poliorceticon sive de machinis, tormentis, telis, libri quinque. Antwerp, Plantin, Moretus, 1605. Together 2 parts in one volume in-4, contemporary vellum. Colson, pp. 52-55. A work by Justus Lipsius on the military system of the Romans, in which the author discusses the raising of troops, the organization of the army, the division of soldiers, the functions of officers, armament, orders of battle, ensigns, signals, etc. The part on poliorcetics is in the form of a book on the military system. The part on poliorcetics is in the third edition. Copper-engraved illustration including a double-page plate and numerous figures in the text. Old handwritten bookplate on the title. Some old annotations in the margins. Some foxing, title page of the first part faded. Volume partly detached and detached from the spine, small crack on one hinge.
