Gg.3.10(02)
[Poliorceticon]
Iusti LipsI Poliorcetic[ō]n siue De machinis. Tormentis. Telis. : Libri quinque. Ad historiarum lucem.
Ivsti LipsI Poliorcetic[ō]n sive De machinis. Tormentis. Telis
Iusti Lipsii Poliorcetic[ō]n siue De machinis. Tormentis. Telis
Ivsti Lipsii Poliorcetic[ō]n sive De machinis. Tormentis. Telis
Portion of title: De machinis. Tormentis. Telis
Antuerpiæ, : Ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Viduam, & Ioannem Moretum., M. D. XCVI. [1596]
[16], 267, [9] p. : ill. (engr.) ; 27 cm. (4to.)
Signatures: *-2*⁴ A-Z⁴ a-k⁴ l⁶.
Printer's devices on title-page (engraved) and on final leaf recto (woodcut).
Final "o" in Poliorceticon appears as an omega in the title.
Engravings attributed to Pieter van der Borcht.
Tailpieces and initials; printed marginalia.
First edition of 1500 copies.
Adams, L797
Bibl. Belgica (1964), L424
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on title-page verso of first item in volume; stamp of Eton College on binding.
17th century English dark brown calf; blind tooled triple fillet border; small gold stamped armorial centrepiece of Eton College; traces of holes for clasps; blind tooled single fillet on spine; five raised bands; orange-brown stained edges.
Second of two items in volume.
Previous shelfmark: Dc.4.6.
Engines of war Rome Early works to 1800.
Rome Military antiquities Early works to 1800.
Moretus, Jan, 1543 - 1610 printer.
Rivière, Jeanne, ? - d. 1596 printer.
Plantijnsche Drukkerij printer.
Belgium Antwerp.
B49851