Vegetius, Flavius Renatus: De re militari.
Pescia: Sigismundus Rodt, for Bastianus and Raphael de Orlandis, 2 Apr. 1488.
Fol. a8 b-d6 e8. [34] leaves.
ISTC iv00107000; Goff V107; BMC VII 1109 (IB. 350223).
| Accession number: | E.1939.65.1430 |
| Note: | Sheet c2 is folio, not 4to as in the BMC copy. |
| Provenance: | Charles Spencer (1675-1722), 3rd Earl of Sunderland: shelfmark of the Sunderland Library “C5:28” in ink on front pastedown; lot 12841 in 'Bibliotheca Sunderlandiana: sale catalogue of the truly important and very extensive library of printed books known as the Sunderland or Blenheim Library. The fifth portion' (London: 1883); sold to Bernard Quaritch for £12.5.0 according to the 'List of prices and purchasers'' names appended to the Sunderland sale catalogue; armorial bookplate on front pastedown “From the Sunderland Library, Blenheim Palace. Purchased, March, 1883, by Bernard Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly, London”. Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), bookseller, London: see above. Robert Lyons Scott (1871-1939), shipbuilder and collector of armour, Greenock: owner; source unknown. Glasgow, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum: bookplate on verso of front free endpaper “Glasgow Museums & Art Galleries R.L. Scott Collection”; R.L. Scott bequest, 1939. |
| Binding: | 18th-century speckled calf; covers undecorated; gold-tooled spine; sprinkled red-edged leaves. Size: 286 x 210 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 282 x 205 mm. |
| Annotations: | “Collated & Perfect J.S. Jennings 22/3/83” and “C&P J S 11/11/97” on rear pastedown; letter “S” in ink on front pastedown together with shelfmark in pencil “16.F.8”. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
