[Fine bindings] Lydius, J. Syntagma sacrum de re militari
nec non de jure jurando dissertatio philosophica. Bound with: Dissertatio philologico-theologica de juramento and Notae ad Jacobi Lydii Syntagma rei Militaris Sacrum. Dordrecht, Cornelis Willegaerts, 1698. (28),338; 56,(28) p. Engr. frontisp., title-p. vignette, 9 engr. plates (3 fold). Finely bound in contemp. gilt calf w. gilt coat of arms of Gouda as the centerpiece, upper and lower covers. 4to.
Frontisp. cut sl. short, normal browning. A learned treatise on military art and arms from antiquity by Lydius (1610-79), publ. after his death by the theologian Salomon Van Til (1644-1713).