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CAESAR, Caius Julius

Commentarii ab Aldo Manutio Paulli F. Aldi N. emendati et scholiis illustrati. Ad [...] Iacobum Boncompagnum [...]

Venice
Aldine Press (Aldus the Younger)
after 13 June 1575

€240 - €300

8vo: [248]-676-[138, 6 bl., 74, 6 bl., 48] pp. Oval woodcut portrait on title, woodcut arms on verso. 2 folding woodcut maps, 6 full-page and 12 half-page woodcuts, 4 woodcut diagrams. Printed in italics. (cut very short, some minor staining, tear in maps). Old marbled leather, gilt spine with 3 raised bands and morocco label (rubbed, front joint split, head and tail def.). Good copy

Later Aldine Caesar. Ref. Edit16 8189. - Renouard 221:17. - Ahmanson-Murphy 870. - Adams C-63/64. Prov. A few old marginal annotations (cropped). Old ownership entries on title (deleted). Bookseller's ticket