Discorso del S. Guglielmo Choul gentilhuomo Lionese, consigliero del Re, & Presidente delle montagne del Delfinato, sopra la Castrametatione, et Bagni antichi de i Greci, et Romani. Con l’aggiunta della figura del campo romano.
Et una Informatione della militia Turchesca, & de gli habiti de soldati Turchi, scritta da M. Francesco Sansovino.
A Gli Illustrissimi, et Eccellentissimi Signori, il S. Hieronimo Zane, Cavliere & Procuratore di S. Marco, Capitano Generale dell'armata, et il S. Sforza Pallavicino, Marchese di Corte Maggiore, Gouernator General dell'armi della Republica Venetiana
In Vinegia, presso Altobello Salicato. 1582.
Pp. (4b) + 160 + (8) + 56 + (4b); .
Printer's device (Minerva on a wolf) woodcut on the frontispiece, woodcut titles and initials.
Fully illustrated with 57 large woodcuts.
43 full-page woodcuts + 14, depicting war scenes and military uniforms,
large folding plate (45 x 37 cm) depicting the arrangement of the Roman army on the battlefield, erroneously linked between the two parts of the work, instead of at the end of the volume.
Full-page plates, depicting various types of soldiers on foot and on horseback in their uniforms, bearers of insignia, players, construction of the camp, the various military machines, etc.; the "Baths" are illustrated by 3 figures on half page and 3 on full page, depicting the building, the wrestlers, body care items (strigilo and gotto).
Uncommon illustrated edition on Castrametation, focused on the armies of the ancient, Roman, Greek and Ottoman worlds.
Very good interior condition.
Size 4 3/4 by 6 3/4"
Later half leather binding with green cardboard panels painted by hand, titles handwritten on a label on the spine;
This book is “illustrated with a large number of medals and many beautiful figures taken from ancient marbles, which are in Rome and Gaul”.
The text itself is interspersed with references to coins, medals and engraved stones that Du Choul had in his collection or that had just been discovered in the city.
A work of considerable interest for the knowledge of military art among the Romans and their uses and customs in the attendance of public baths.

Castrametatione is an ancient military term, which illustrates the art of choosing and arranging the site of a camp or stronghold.

Very hard to find complete with woodcuts and the large illustrated folding plate of Roman field, rarely present.
Accurate description of the Roman and turquoise armies, written by the antiquarian and historian Guillaume de Choul and Francesco Sansovino, translated into Italian.
Two parts in one:
the work is divided into two parts, the first by Guillaume Du Choul and the second, 'Informatione Della Militia Turchesca' by Francesco Sansovino.
The first part examines three aspects of Roman civilization; the art of building military camps and military exercises, baths and Roman religion, focusing heavily on the Roman army.

Choul was a member of a humanist circle in Lyon.
He was an antiquarian famous for his collection of ancient coins. He researched ancient Rome extensively and was encouraged in his efforts by King Francis I. Translated from French into Italian by Gabriele Simeoni, who was a good friend of Choul. He was an Italian Renaissance humanist, as well as being a military man, astrologer and historian. The second part on Turkish military customs is written by Francesco Sansovino, an Italian scholar, known for his versatility in academic studies. He was one of the most important humanists of his century, as well as a scholar and literary critic.



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