33. Vegetius Renatus (Flavius) De re Militari, libri quatuor [& other works], first Wechel edition, 119 fine full-page and 1 half page woodcut illustrations (of 123), woodcut printer’s device to verso of final f., lacking title (A1), A4, and B1, a few small stains, but generally crisp and clean, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, [Adams V332; Mortimer, French, 487], small folio, Paris, C. Wechel, 1535.
est. £750 – £1000
Scarce. The illustrations include catapults, rams, cannons, grenades, scaling ladders, water-raising machines, a clepsydra or water-clock, diving equipment, bridges, rafts, and, more bizarrely a pneumatic bed.