Accession number
PML 1694
Creator
Caesar, Julius.
Published
Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden, Netherlands] : Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1635.
Notes
"De bello africano" and "De bello hispaniensi" are no longer attributed to Hirtius, although he may have edited the former; "De bello alexandrino" is also attributed to C. Oppius. cf. Oxford classical dictionary.
The first edition of 1635, distinguished by the buffalo's head in the headpieces of the dedicatory epistle and on p. 1, and by the numbering of pages 149, 335, and 475 which are incorrectly numbered 153, 345, 375. cf. Willems. Les Elzevier, no. 420.
Original ed., with maps bound between 12-13, 420-421, and 476-477.
The first edition of 1635, distinguished by the buffalo's head in the headpieces of the dedicatory epistle and on p. 1, and by the numbering of pages 149, 335, and 475 which are incorrectly numbered 153, 345, 375. cf. Willems. Les Elzevier, no. 420.
Original ed., with maps bound between 12-13, 420-421, and 476-477.
Description
[22], 561, [70] p., [3] leaves of plates : ill., maps, port. ; 13 cm
Provenance
Bookplates of Edward Synge (armorial) and James Toovey; autograph signatures of Jo. Allin and Jonathan Swift on t.p.; also John Allen on verso of last folio.
Binding
Old red morocco.
Classification
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