Ivsti LipsI De militia romana libri qvinqve
Subtitle: commentarivs ad Polybivm, e parte primâ Historicae facis
Contributors: Borcht, Petrus van der, 1545-1608
Publisher: Ex Officina Plantiniana, apud viduam & Ioannem Moretum
Published: 1595
Place of publication: Antverpiae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: Armies; Early works to 1800; Military antiquities; Army
Other titles: De militia romana libri qvinqve; Iusti Lipsii De militia romana libri quinque; Commentarivs ad Polybivm
Work titles: De militia romana
Notes: From the 1st ed. of 1500 copies; see Bib. Belgica.

Aa1r is a special t.p. for: Liber qvintvs qui est de disciplina. It is followed by the Analecta sive Observationes reliquae ad militiam et hosce libros, also with special t.p. Both are dated 1595. Liber 5 and the Analecta are paged in a single sequence, separate from that of Libri 1-4.

Engraved printer's device on t.p. (compasses). Woodcut devices on t.p.'s of Liber 5. and Analecta and, in a different version, on the last p. of Liber 5. In-text woodcuts and engravings (some full-page), folded engraved plate following n4. All engravings except the table on p. 40 (2nd sequence) are by Petrus van der Borcht; see Bib. Belgica. Tail-pieces. Initials.

Signatures: *-**⁴ A-Z⁴, a-r⁴ s⁶ AA-ZZ⁴, ²AA-NN⁴ OO⁶.

Bib. Belgica (1964-1970 éd.) L 369

Citations from Polybius's Greek are given with Latin translation in parallel columns.

Sloan candidate lp Tier 3

Binding: later colored paper, half calfskin. Author and title in gilt on black spine label.

Signature beginning at left of device on t.p., completed at the right: Joannis Cradock. At foot of t.p. is another signature: Henry Tho.s Liddell.