Aeliani claudii (6 risultati)

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Condizione: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.…

Englished & illustrated with figures throughout & notes upon ye Chapters of ye ordinary motions of ye Phalange by J. B. The exercise military of ye English by ye order of that Great General Maurice of Nassau Prince of Orange &c Governor & Generall of ye united Provinces is added. Pp. [vi]+160(last errata)+[6](Contents), engraved pictorial title page, plus 49 engraved plates (many folding); f'cap. folio in sixes; contemporary calf boards, rebacked with later morocco spine ruled in gilt around raised bands, boards with remains of gilt rule border, edges worn (heavier on fore-edges); book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the upper hinge cracking and title page loosening, lower hinge starting, early paper repair on reverse of a couple of plates, short closed tear to inner fold of plate before page 113, scattered light foxing; printed for Laurence Lisle, London, 1616. STC 161; Cockle 88. *'Aelian is one of the most renowned and trustworthy of the ancient military writers. His work, which is written in a clear and concise style, was held in such estimation by Prince Maurice of Nassau that he had it translated and introduced into the Low Countries. . . . He treats of the organisation, drilling, arming, and battle formations of the phalanx; the position of cavalry in the field, their number, officers, etc.; of chariots and elephants; of various battle formations both of horse and foot; of changing front, wheeling, countermarching, etc.' [Cockle, page. 71]. Translated by John Bingham.…

[Parallet text in Latin and Greek]. Pp. [viii]+214 (with occasional mispagination), printer's device on title page, 3 folding engraved plates, several text figures (mainly typographic), decorative head & tailpieces and initials; f'cap 4to; nineteenth century navy half morocco, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt between raised bands, marbled papered boards, edges slightly rubbed, a couple of tiny surface grazes to lower board; a.e.g.; marbled endpapers, binder's stamp in gilt and book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, early inked signature at head of title page, a couple of small marginal wormholes to first few pages, occasional spots of foxing; Ludovicum Elzevirium, Lugdunum, 1613. USTC 1028197; Brunet (Second edition, Volume I), page 14; Rahir (Elzevier) 59. *Bound by Antoine Chatelin for Robert D'Orleans, Duc de Chartres, grandson of the French King Louis-Philippe. After the February Revolution of 1848, Louis-Philippe and his family fled to England, as did the binder, Antoine Chatelin (c. 1820-1890) who established an atelier in London producing work for French aristocratic political exiles. The Duc de Chartres (1840-1910) fought on the side of the Union in the American Civil War. In the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, serving under the pseudonym Robert Le Fort, he served with such distinction that he was awarded the Legion d'honneur. 'Aelian is one of the most renowned and trustworthy of the ancient miliary writers' [Cockle, page 71]. His handbook describes Greek (i.e. Macedonian) tactics and drill as practiced by the Hellenistic successors of Alxander the Great.…

Mit 3 Falttafeln, XXV S., 8 Bll., 214 S., 3 Bll., 447, 7 S. Vorwort in deutscher Sprache, der Text in Griechisch und Latein. Neuwertiges Ex. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 0 8°, dekorativer original kartonierter Band mit Goldverzierungen. Neudruck der Ausgabe Leiden 1613. Mit einer Einleitung von Werner Hahlweg.…