[E]lenchus et index rerum militarium quȩ singulis codicis huius i[n] uolumi[ni]bus continet[ur]
Subtitle: ut i[m]promptu sint uniuersa hoc est ne talium rerum curiosi perlegant ...
Publisher: Johannes Nicolai de Verona
Published: 1472
Place of publication: Verona
Language: lat
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Military art and science; Early works to 1800; Siege warfare; Engines of war; Military weapons; Military engineering
Other titles: Elenchvs et index rerum militarium quȩ singulis codicis huius in uoluminibus continetur; Elenchus et index rerum militarium quae singulis codicis huius in uoluminibus continetur
Work titles: De re militari
Notes: Title from incipit to the index (leaf 1/1r).

Place of publication from Goff; printer and publication date from colophon.

Colophon (leaf 27/12r): Iohannes ex uerona oriundus: Nicolai cyrugiȩ medici filius: Artis imprȩssoriȩ magister: hunc de re militari librum elegantissimum: litteris & figuratis signis sua in patria primus imprȩssit. An. M.CCCCLXXII.

First edition.

The first book printed in Verona, and the first book illustrated by an Italian artist.

Dedicated to Sigismondo Malatesta.

Signatures: [1⁶ 2-8¹⁰ 9¹⁴ 10² 11-13¹⁰ 14¹² 15⁸ 16⁶ 17-19¹⁰ 20¹² 21-26¹⁰ 27¹²]; 1/5-6, 19/7 blank.

The ca. 100 woodcut ill. of military weapons, engines, etc. have been attributed to Matteo de' Pasti. Their irregular placement and variable inking indicate that they were printed separately, after the letterpress text, perhaps by hand-stamping.

Initial spaces.

Printed on sheets of "median"-size paper.

Commendatory poem on leaves 27/11v-12r.

Hain-Copinger, 15847*

Proctor, 6912

Goff, V-88

Sander, 7481

BM 15th cent., VII, 948 (IB.30706)

ISTC (CD-ROM, 1998 ed.), iv00088000

Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books, 3369-3370