1582 ROMAN GREEK TURKISH MILITARY ILLUSTRATED antique 16th CENTURY

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Title: 1582 ROMAN GREEK TURKISH MILITARY ILLUSTRATED antique 16th CENTURY

Description: Discorso del S. Guglielmo Choul Gentilhuomo Lionese,
Consigliero del Re & Presidente delle Montagne del Delfinato, sopra la Castrametatione & Bagni Antichi de I Greci & Romani [...]
Scritta da M. Francesco Sansouino
in Vinegia (Venice): Presso Altobello Salicato; 1582
80 pp., 4 pp., 28 pp.,
title page with woodcut vignette, with 55 woodcut illustrations, some full-page, and a folding incomplete Roman camp table
5 leaves are missing (replaced with facsimile)
Full vellum with title label to the spine
Some dampstains, one leaf with hole
Size 4 by 6 inches
Text in Italian

Rare 16th century illustrated book on the art of arranging military camps, with typographical mark engraved in wood on the frontispiece (Minerva rides a wolf) and numerous engravings in the text depicting uniforms and scenes from the life of ancient Roman, Greek and Turkish soldiers, the construction of the castrum, gladiators, war scenes, baths and body care, and more.

Choul was a member of a humanist circle of Lyons.
He was an antiquarian famous for his collection of antique coins.
He did extensive research on ancient Rome, and was encouraged in his endeavors 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.
Part two looks at Turkish military dress, written by Francesco Sansovino.
Sansovino was an Italian scholar, known for his versatility in academics.
He was one of the most important humanists of his century, and was also a man of letters and literary critic.

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1582 ROMAN GREEK TURKISH MILITARY ILLUSTRATED antique 16th CENTURY

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