Sextus Iulius Frontinus uir consularis De re militari
Subtitle: Flauius Vegetius uir illustris De re militari. Aelianus De instruendis aciebus. Modesti Libellus de uocabulis rei militaris
Contributors: Benedetti, Platone de', -1496, printer; Beroaldo, Filippo, 1453-1505; Sulpitius Verulanus, Joannes, active 15th century; Aelianus, Tacticus, active 2nd century; Frontinus, Sextus Julius; Vegetius Renatus, Flavius; Galletti, Gustavo Camillo, 1805-1868, former owner; Caird, Harryson, former owner; Bernard Quaritch (Firm); Maggs Bros
Publisher: [Franciscus Plato de Benedictis]
Published: 1495
Place of publication: Bologna]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 98
Subjects: Military art and science; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Incunabula (Collection of Distinction); Scriptores rei militaris.
Notes: These four works are often known collectively as the Scriptores rei militaris.

Filippo Beroaldo claims, in his letter on AA1 verso, to have edited all four tracts, but they are printed from the first edition of the recension of Sulpitius Silber, Rome, 1487. cf. Brit. Mus. Cat., v. 6, 828.

Imprint derived from colophons, which appear at the end of each separate work. Colophon at the end of the first work (leaf FF4r) reads: "Impressum Bononiae per Platonem de Benedictis librorum cussore[m] Anno. MCCCCLXXXXV. die uero decimo Iulii"; colophon at the end of the second work (leaf N4v) reads "Vegetii finis Bononiae impressi per Platone[m] de Benedictis. Anno Domini millesimoquadringentesimononagesimoq[ui]nto. Die uero sectodecimo Nouembris"; colophon at the end of the third work (leaf RR1v) reads "Finis Aeliani"; general colophon at the end of the fourth work reads: "De arte militari: Frontinum: Vegetium: Aelianum et Modestu[m] auctores penitus diuinos q[uam]castigatissime impressit omni solertia Plato de Benedictis Bononiensis In alma ciuitare Bononiae Anno salutis. M.cccc.lxxxxvi. decimosexto Kalen. Februarias."

Signatures: AA-EÉœ FF́þ GG-MḾœ Ńþ Óœ PP-RŔœ.

Chancery folio; AA3 recto: 37 lines, 209 x 125 mm; type: 112R; initial spaces with guide letters, diagrams in gatherings OO, PP.

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, S345

Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VI, 828

Incunabula short title catalogue, is00345000

cataloged 20190925 jm

condition reviewed 20191002 cl