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C. Julii Caesaris et a. hirtii De rebus a C. Julio Caesare gestis commentarii. cum C. Jul. Caesar. fragmentis
by CAESAR, Julius
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Londini [i.e. London]: Ex Officina Jacobi Tonson, & Johannis Watts, 1716. [24], 424pp, [20]. With an engraved frontispiece and three engraved folding maps. Contemporary sprinkled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, chipping to head of spine, corners exposed. Near contemporary ownership inscription of 'Fitzwilliam', later armorial bookplate of Brocket Hall Library, and recent book-labels of Lord W. Kerr and Peter Scupham to FEP, very occasional light spotting. The first appearance of classical scholar and typographer Michael Maittaire's (1668-1747) edition of Caesar's De bello Gallico and De bello civili; with the addition of Aulus Hirtius' De bello Alexandrino, De bello Africano and De bello Hispaniensi. ESTC T136446.. First edition. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ29252
- Title
- C. Julii Caesaris et a. hirtii De rebus a C. Julio Caesare gestis commentarii. cum C. Jul. Caesar. fragmentis
- Author
- CAESAR, Julius
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Ex Officina Jacobi Tonson, & Johannis Watts
- Place of Publication
- Londini [i.e. London]
- Date Published
- 1716
- Size
- 12mo
- Keywords
- History
Terms of Sale
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- First Edition
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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