(1567). DU CHOUL (Guillaume). DISCOURS SUR LA CASTRAMETATION - Lot 336

(1567). DU CHOUL (Guillaume). DISCOURS SUR LA CASTRAMETATION et discipline militaire des anciens romains, des bains et antiques exercitations grecques et romaines. - DISCOURS DE LA RELIGION DES ANCIENS ROMAINS. Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1567. 2 parts of 154-[10] and 339-[56] pages, ivory vellum with flaps, double gilt fillet on covers, large gilt Renaissance iron with Double C in center, spine decorated with gilt fillets and roulettes with the numeral CC reversed and flanked, gilt edges (period binding). This edition, printed after the first of 1555, is illustrated with 46 full-page FIGURES, 18 half-page FIGURES and over 570 vignettes of various medals drawn by Pierre Vase. Small tear to second board, MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE IN ITS ORIGINAL GILDED VELIN (Baudrier IX, 312-313) (USTC, 1451).