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Mathematics & Military.- Digges (Thomas) An Arithmetical Warlike Treatise named Stratioticos, second edition, partially printed in black letter, small woodcut device on title, title verso with full-page woodcut coat-of-arms (torn at inner margin, outer edge folded and repaired with loss), 2 folding woodcut plates, one with short tear repaired, woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text, lacking colophon leaf with woodcut arms, ruled in red throughout, later calf, gilt, rubbed, joints split and spine ends worn, [STC 6849], small 4to, Imprinted by Richard Field, 1590. ⁂ Important treatise on military matters, first published in 1579, especially relating to the mathematical knowledge required by various ranks. "Authorship not certain - could be mainly Thomas's work." (ESTC). This variant with colon after "Leicester" on title, not a comma.