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CAESAR, CAIUS JULIUS. I Commentari. 40 double-page etched plates of military subjects by andrea palladio > ; 2 double-page maps of the Iberian

CAESAR, CAIUS JULIUS. I Commentari. 40 double-page etched plates of military subjects by andrea palladio ; 2 double-page maps of the Iberian peninsula and France. [46] (of [48]), 407 pages; lacks blank ¹*4. 4to, 18th-century 1/4 calf gilt with red and green calf lettering pieces, top of spine chipped, 19th-century shelf labels on lower compartments; small repair to fore edge of title and next 4 leaves, blank outer margin of 3E2.3 restored. Venice: Pietro de Franceschi, 1575

  • Notes: first palladio edition of the 1554 Italian translation by Francesco Baldelli of Caesar's war narratives. In addition to the illustrations Palladio provided an introductory essay on the Roman military. Harvard/Mortimer-Italian 97; Fowler 237.

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