RARE BOOKS & FINE ARTS

E-Auction 5  –  5 July 2020

RARE BOOKS & FINE ARTS, E-Auction 5

Numismatic Literature and Coins

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CAESAR JULIUS. Rerum Gestarum. Commentarii XIV. Nempe: C. Iulii Caes. de Bello Gallico, Comm. VII. A. Hirtii de Eodem, Liber I. C. Iul. Caes. de Bel. Civ. Pompeiano, Comm. III. A. Hirtii de Bel Alexandrino, Liber I. De Bello Africano, Liber I. De Bello Hispanico, Liber I. Omnia collatis antiquis manuscriptis Exemplaribus, quae passim in Italia, Gallia, & Germania...Eutropii Epitome belli Gallici ex Svetonii Tranquilli monumentis, quae desiderantur. Cum doctiss. Annotationibus: Henrici Glareani, Fvlvii Ursini Francofurti ad Moenum, Corvinum, 1575 Due parti in un volume in-folio (cm. 37), pp. (24) 265 (27) 35 (1) 207 (1). Typographical mark on the frontispiece, large emblem on the dedication, figured capital letters and many large woodcut engravings (two of which are double-page engraved). Solid and refined early eighteenth century binding in full leather, nerve back with rich gold friezes, plates decorated with concentric motifs. Genuine specimen and in excellent condition. It is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful editions of this classic of ancient historiography. VERY RARE and sought after above all for the wide iconographic apparatus that offers the views of many cities involved in the historical facts commented by Cesare, including (Alessandria, Besancon, Brindisi, Marseille, Gergovia today Clemont-Ferrand, Alesia, Burges, Durazzo, etc. ..).

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