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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5441958, member: 85693&quot;]Beautiful book, Andrew.&nbsp; A few years back I was collecting early printing, and I especially liked the Renaissance portrayal of Classical history - the costumes and weapons are charming, if not at all accurate. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is Livy on Battle of Cannae - jousting with lances and plate armor!:[ATTACH=full]1236805[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Titus Livius <i>History of Rome</i>, a 1533 German edition, printed by Mainz by Johann Schoeffer.&nbsp; Leaf features a woodcut by either Hans Schauflein or Hans Burkmair.&nbsp; Leaf measures 11-13/16” x 8”.&nbsp; Woodcut measures 5-5/8” x 5-3/4”.&nbsp;&nbsp; The text refers to Terentius Varro and L. Aemilius Paulus, the two Roman consuls who fought and lost the battle of Cannae in 216 BC against Hannibal.&nbsp; The woodcut appears to be a view of the Battle of Cannae in the upper part, with a scene below showing the capture of the 10,000-man Roman detachment originally sent to surprise the Cartheginian camp.&nbsp; (ref. <i>Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities</i>, article on Hannibal, 1896)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is Alexander the Great-era troop transport (an elephant):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1236806[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Woodcut leaf from <i>Cosmographia</i> (c. 1560) by Sebastian Münster. Latin edition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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