Vegetius Renatus, Publius Flavius (Late 4th Century) Vier Buecher der Ritterschafft [German Translation of De Re Militari ].

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Vegetius Renatus, Publius Flavius (Late 4th Century) Vier Buecher der Ritterschafft [German Translation of De Re Militari]. Augsburg: Heinrich Steiner, 1529. Folio, title printed within architectural border, with a large woodcut by H. Burgkmair, depicting a military council conferring in front of a tent, illustrated with 121 additional full-page woodcuts, a good copy with vivid imprints first published in this edition, based on the cuts used in the 1511 Erfurt edition of the same work, minor worming, otherwise very good.
[bound with] Jakob Ziegler (c. 1470-1549) Duplex Confessio Valdensium, Leipzig: Melchior Lotter for H. Kuna, 1512, first edition, bound in later full medieval manuscript parchment leaf with gilt-illuminated initial, the binding somewhat worn, 12 x 7 1/2 in.

Ziegler: A-Z6, Aa-Dd6, Ee8. Vegetius: A-D6, E8, F-O6, P4, Q6, R5 (lacking R6, final blank).
Estimate $4,000-6,000


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