Keywords: De re militari, with prefatory letter Origin Italy, N. E. (Venice) -Date between 1486 and 1501 Language Latin -Manuscript- - Upper cover (Burney Ms 353).jpg Style Knotwork/ropework Panel design; Caption Upper cover; Colour Brown; Edge Unspecified exhibition history Decorative Technique Tooled in blind Tooled in gold; Cover Material Goatskin includes morocco turkey etc Humanistic script Agostino Barbarigo Doge of Venice Doge 1486 to 1501 his arms f 2 and dedication to him ff 2 3v Rev Thomas Crofts b 1722 d 1781 his initials 'TC/E' centre of the inside upper cover his sale 7 April 1783 and forty-two following days lot 8244 bought with lot 8243 by Wodhull for 12s 6d Michael Wodhull b 1740 d 1816 book collector and poet erased inscription in his format and the date 'May 27th 1783' f 1 Charles Burney b 1757 d 1817 D D classical scholar Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney's library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818 Central lettering on upper cover added later object history Text 15c; Italy; Unspecified object type Cc-zero place of creation Binding Italy place of discovery Unspecified British Library image http //www bl uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage aspx RecordId 020-000016384 ImageId ImageId 55733 Copyright BL De re militari with prefatory letter Origin Italy N E Venice Date between 1486 and 1501 Language Latin Manuscript Uploaded with GWToolset De re militari with prefatory letter Origin Italy N E Venice Date between 1486 and 1501 Language Latin Manuscript - Upper cover Burney Ms 353 http //www webarchive org uk/bldatasets/bindings/Burney353 jpg Bookbinding 15th-century bookbinding British Library Bookbindings Taken with Phase One P45+ |