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<dl><dd>[98] leaves : 30 cm (fol.)</dd>
<dd>These four works are often known collectively as the Scriptores rei militaris</dd>
<dd>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</dd>
<dd>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."</dd>
<dd>Signatures: AA-EE⁶ FF⁴ GG-MM⁶ N⁴ O⁶ PP-RR⁶.</dd>
<dd>Chancery folio; AA3 recto: 37 lines, 209 x 125 mm; type: 112R; initial spaces with guide letters, diagrams in gatherings OO, PP</dd>
<dd>COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.43 FOLIO with leaf dimensions 290 x 196 mm.</dd>
<dd>PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.43 FOLIO with armorial bookplate of Harrison Caird. Dealer's notes codes, etc. Inscription on Front pastedown (illegible to cataloger, but perhaps beginning with "J. H.") Some early marginalia. Pencil collation note on lower pastedown (Quaritch). Purchased in August, 1936.</dd>
<dd>BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.403.43 FOLIO bound in quarter vellum and pulled paste papers. Red spine label. All text block edges stained red.</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Military art and science -- Early works to 1800</div>
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Modestus</div>
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