Vier Bücher der Ritterschafft
- 1529 (M.D.XXIX)
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Vegetius Renatus, Flavius. Vier Bücher Der Ritterschafft. Augsburg, Germany: Heinrich Stayner, 1529. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/7w62f9133.
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