DISCORSO SOPRA LA CASTRAMETATIONE, ET DISCIPLINA MILITARE DE ROMANI.
Composto per il S. Guglielmo Choud, Gentilhomo Lionesse, Consigliero del Re, & Presidente delle Montagne del Delsinato, Con i Bagni, & essercitij antichi de Greci, & Romani, et tradotto in lingue Toscana per M. Gabriele Symeoni. ['Discourse on castrametation and military discipline of the Romans. Composed by S. Guillaume Choud, Gentleman of Lyons, counselor of the King, and President of the Mountains of the Sinato. With the Baths, and Ancient armies of the Greeks and Romans, and translated into the Tuscan languages by M. Gabriele Symeoni. Text in Italian]. Pp. [xvi]+102+38+[2])errata, colophon), engraved title page with elaborate pictorial border, one large folding plate, plus 42 woodcut illustrations (39 full page), decorative head & tailpieces and initials; med. 4to; early half vellum, the spine ruled in blind with gilt lettered black leather title label, marbled papered boards, lightly rubbed, edges worn, the vellum browned, short split at head of upper joint; later (not recent) endpapers, bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, and signs of removal of earlier bookplate or label on upper pastedown, pages [xv/xvi] loosening and creased, fore-corners of a couple of leaves neatly repaired, closed tear from inner edge of folding plate neatly repaired on reverse, occasional small edge chips, a few faint marginal damp stains, a little light foxing and soiling; Guillaume Rouille, Lyon, 1559. USTC 116041; see Cockle 702 (1557 edition). *Early Italian edition, translated from the original French. Guillaume du Choul (c. 1496-1560) was a French antiquarian based in Lyon, renowned for his collections of ancient coins, prints, shells and books. His wrtings cover three aspects of ancient civilization: Roman religion, thermal baths, and the art of building military camps, or castrametation. The illustrations, of ancient Greeks and Romans in military dress, on foot or horseback and at the baths, are by the French artist and engraver Pierre Eskrich (c. 1518-1590). The folding plate shows the Roman army disposition on the battlefield (castrametation). Item #173561
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