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Vier Bucher Der Ritterschafft. Zu Dem Aller Durchleuchtigesten Grossmachtigesten Fursten Und Herzen Herrn Maximilian Romischen Kaiser Loblicher Gedactnus . . .
by Vegetius, Renatus Flavius
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
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About This Item
Augsburg: Steiner, 1529. First Edition Thus. Vellum. Fine. 4to. 121 full-page woodcut illustrations, plus two half-page woodcuts and title page illustration, for a total of 124. 100 unnumbered leaves (leaves Miii & Miiii apparently provided from another edition) + 3 leaves from an unrelated work bound in at the end. Lipperheide 2043. Not in Adams. Extra leaves appear to be from 1527 Steiner edition. Cf Adams V339. Later vellum by Bouillet, gilt spine. Yapp edges. All edges gilt. Title within woodcut border with half-page pictorial woodcut vignette. Covers bowed. Minor foxing, soiling and browning. A few minor marginal tears. Overall, tight and generally fresh and sound internally.
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- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000684
- Title
- Vier Bucher Der Ritterschafft. Zu Dem Aller Durchleuchtigesten Grossmachtigesten Fursten Und Herzen Herrn Maximilian Romischen Kaiser Loblicher Gedactnus . . .
- Author
- Vegetius, Renatus Flavius
- Format/Binding
- Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Steiner
- Place of Publication
- Augsburg
- Date Published
- 1529
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- First Edition
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