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LYDIUS, Jacobus

Syntagma sacrum de re militari: nec non de jure jurando, dissertatio Philologica
Dordrecht
Cornelis Willegaerts (col. Nicolaes de Vries)
1698
€200 - €300

4to, (28), 338, 56, (28) pp. With engraved front. (curt short along top edge) & 9 engraved plates (of which 3 folding). Cont. gilt vellum PRIZE BINDING with central coat of arms of GOUDA on both covers

First edition. Lydius' work on ancient military science was published posthumously. The plates depict legionaries, shields, helmets, machines of war, and triumphal processions. Ref. Storm van Leeuwen, Dutch decorated bookbinding, IIA, p. 417

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