1562 CAESAR Caius Julius ILLUSTRATED Commentarii in ITALIAN antique VELLUM BOUND

CAESAR, Caius Julius (100-44 B. C.).

Commentarii...
Tradotta Del Latino in Volgar Lingua per Agostino Ortica [Della Porta].


Venice: Francisco Lorenzini; 1563

 253 lvs.. [1].


Woodcut publisher's device on title.

With five full-page woodcuts and double-page maps of Spain and France.

With both blanks HH2 and II8. 

Original limp vellum, manuscript ink title to spine.

A SCARCE EDITION OF THE ESTEEMED ILLUSTRATED ITALIAN TRANSLATION BY AGOSTINO ORTICA DELLA PORTA.

Binding worn , with a few wormholes. Edges stained blue.
First few leaves with minor worming, with no loss to text or imagery.

Period ownership inscription at foot of title-page, old small ink drawing on a blank between the text and the index.

A very good copy.


-OCLC notes four copies in America: Berkeley, Duke, Columbia, and Yale.
Not in Adams or the BL Italian STC-

Size 4 1/3 by 6"

Text in Italian
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