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C. Julii Cæsaris Quae Extant. Accuratissimè cum Libris Editis & MSS optimis Collata, Recognita & Correcta. Accesserunt Annotationes Samuelis Clarke. S.T.P. Item Indices Locorum, Rerumque & Verborum Utilissimæ. Tabulis Æneis Ornata.
by CAESAR, Julius
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jacob Tonson, 1712.. FIRST EDITION THUS. Folio. Large paper copy (48 x 33 cm). Title. pp.[iv]+560. Contemporary full red straight-grained morocco, spine with raised bands and lettered in gilt, sides bordered with double gilt fillet. Text in Latin. Engraved portrait frontispiece, additional title, dedication portrait, 6 folding maps and 78 full page plates of which 56 are double page. A magnificent copy. "The most sumptuous classical work which this country has produced" (Lowndes, 344), and "one of the finest books to emerge in early eighteenth-century British publishing" (McKitterick, 145).
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- Bookseller
- Robert Frew Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54196
- Title
- C. Julii Cæsaris Quae Extant. Accuratissimè cum Libris Editis & MSS optimis Collata, Recognita & Correcta. Accesserunt Annotationes Samuelis Clarke. S.T.P. Item Indices Locorum, Rerumque & Verborum Utilissimæ. Tabulis Æneis Ornata.
- Author
- CAESAR, Julius
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Jacob Tonson, 1712.
- Keywords
- Latin Military History
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About the Seller
Robert Frew Ltd
Biblio member since 2021
London, London
About Robert Frew Ltd
Robert Frew has been trading in antiquarian books since 1975, starting out from an open market in Camden Lock, followed by shops in Primrose Hill, in Great Russell Street by the British Museum, Maddox Street Mayfair and now on the borders of South Kensington and Knightsbridge. Not to mention stints in Portobello Road and Safe Store Battersea.We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association, of which Robert Frew is a past president.We Exhibit at most of the major international ILAB fairs in America, often in Europe and sometimes in the Middle and Far East. We are also members of the PBFA, exhibiting in London and occasionally in the provinces.
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- Folio
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- Spine
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- Raised Band(s)
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