1581 JULIUS CAESAR ILLUSTRATED antique ORIGINAL 16th CENTURY BINDING

JULIUS CAESAR
 
Commentariorum libri VIII, quibus adiecimus suis in locis D. Henrici Glareani doctissimas annotationes.


Basel, Nikolaus Bryling, 1581


 Julius Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic and Civil Wars

These works are Caesar's firsthand accounts of his military campaigns, providing valuable insights into his strategies, tactics, and the political climate of the late Roman Republic


Original 16th century hand tooled leather binding.
Spine with raised bands and manuscript title.

Very good interior condition, worn binding

16 leaves, 630 pp., 5 leaves.

With woodcut vignette on the title page, 2 double-page woodcut maps, and 5 full-page woodcuts in the text.


- VD 16, C 42. Adams C 46. Schweiger II, 42. 

With bookplate on the endpaper


Size 4 1/3 by 6 1/3 inches

text in Latin
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– Later printing by Bryling of Caesar's commentaries on the Bello Gallico; The first printing of this edition appeared in 1544 and follows the edition published in 1543 by Michel Vascosan in Paris (cf. Ebert 3261: "According to Vascosan, with some improvements. Very correct").
The plates depict various defensive works, and the two beautiful double-page woodcut maps show Europe and the Iberian Peninsula. 
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