Accession number
PML 197909
Creator
Caesar, Julius, author.
Published
Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] : Ex officina Elzeviriana, anno 1635.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Engraved illustrated title page.
Dedication signed: B. & A. Elsevirii.
The second Elzevir printing of 1635, distinguished by the siren in the headpiece of the dedictory epistle (p. [3], 1st group); p. 238, wrongly numbered 248. Cf. Willems.
Includes also "A. Hirtii Pansae Commentariorum de bello Alexandrino [de bello Africano, de bello Hispaniensi] liber unus" (p. 373-503); "De Galliae divisione Aldi Manutii ... Commentarius" (p. 536-539); "Nomenclator geographicus omnium Galliae, Germaniae, & Britanniae locorum, quorum apud Caesarem fit mentio ... è Thesauro geographico Abrahami Ortelli ..." (p. 540-561).
Bellum Africanum and Bellum Hispaniense are no longer attributed to Hirtius, although he may have edited the former; Bellum Alexandrinum is also attributed to C. Oppius. Cf. Oxford classical dictionary.
Signatures: *⁴ 2*⁸ A-2C¹² 2D⁴. Leaf 2D4v blank.
Illustrated with 5 full-page woodcuts after designs by Giovanni Giocondo, with his notes; woodcut medallion portrait of Caesar; 3 double-page engraved maps (Gallia, Germania, Hispania).
Woodcut head- and tailpieces.
Includes index.
Dedication signed: B. & A. Elsevirii.
The second Elzevir printing of 1635, distinguished by the siren in the headpiece of the dedictory epistle (p. [3], 1st group); p. 238, wrongly numbered 248. Cf. Willems.
Includes also "A. Hirtii Pansae Commentariorum de bello Alexandrino [de bello Africano, de bello Hispaniensi] liber unus" (p. 373-503); "De Galliae divisione Aldi Manutii ... Commentarius" (p. 536-539); "Nomenclator geographicus omnium Galliae, Germaniae, & Britanniae locorum, quorum apud Caesarem fit mentio ... è Thesauro geographico Abrahami Ortelli ..." (p. 540-561).
Bellum Africanum and Bellum Hispaniense are no longer attributed to Hirtius, although he may have edited the former; Bellum Alexandrinum is also attributed to C. Oppius. Cf. Oxford classical dictionary.
Signatures: *⁴ 2*⁸ A-2C¹² 2D⁴. Leaf 2D4v blank.
Illustrated with 5 full-page woodcuts after designs by Giovanni Giocondo, with his notes; woodcut medallion portrait of Caesar; 3 double-page engraved maps (Gallia, Germania, Hispania).
Woodcut head- and tailpieces.
Includes index.
Description
[24], 561, [71] pages, [3] folded leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait, maps ; 14 cm (12mo)
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription by former owner in ink on verso of front flyleaf directly preceding title.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Black straight-grain morocco.
Classification
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