CANTEL, Pierre-Joseph. De Romana republica, Sive De Re Militari & Civili Romanorum, Ad explicandos Scriptores antiquos. Utrecht: François Halma, Willem Van De Water, 1696. - In-12, rigid vellum, double gilded net in frame, gilded finial at the corners and gilded iron in the centre on the plates, smooth decorated back, leather ties, speckled edges ( period binding ). New edition of this beautiful book illustrated with a frontispiece, a map and 13 plates. The first edition appeared in 1684 , a beautiful copy despite some soiling of the binding and some of the missing links .