hardcover
1690 · Leiden
by POLYAENUS
Leiden: Leiden, 1690. hardcover. near fine. Beautiful engraved frontispiece plus engaved vignette on title page. [20] + 832pp. plus index [40], thick 8vo, full re-backed vellum with leather spine label; minor scuffing to spine, small bookplate inside front cover. Lugduni Batavorum, 1690. Clean, tight, and bright, a near fine copy. Text in parallel columns of Latin and Greek. Polyaenus was a 2nd century Macedonian who wrote on military strategems of ancient generals.
(Inventory #: 277379)