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Cix, [11]; 48, [4] leaves. (A-Gg4, A-N4). 1573. [bound with, as issued] Cataneo, Girolamo. Most briefe tables to knovve redily hovve manye ranckes of footemen armed with corslettes, as vnarmed, go to the making of a iust battayle, from an hundred vnto twentye thousande...Most briefe tables to knovve redily hovve manye ranckes of footemen armed with corslettes, as vnarmed, go to the making of a iust battayle, from an hundred vnto twentye thousande... [34] leaves, with the final leaf a blank.  (A6, B-D4, E2, F-H4, I2). 1574. Together, 2 works in 1. Woodcut diagrams & illustrations. (4to) 19.4x14,5 cm. (7¾x5¾"), period limp vellum. Second Edition in English.

Machiavelli's Art of War (Dell'Arte della Guerra), his notable treatise on military science. A few leaves with the early ink ownership signature of Francis Anderson de Desmond. Occasional marginal pencil notations. STC 17165 & 4790.