The Works of Julius Caesar (1669)

S$1,200.00

The Works of Julius Caesar (1669)

S$1,200.00

Title: C. Julii Caesaris Quae exstant, ex viri docti accuratissima recognitione; accedit nunc vetus interpres graecus librorum VII de Bello Gallico, ex bibliotheca P. Petavii. Praeterea notae, adnotationes, commentarii, partim veteres, partim novi. Ad haec indices rerum, et locorum utiles. (.) Editio olim adornata opera et studio Gothofredi Jungermanni Lipsiensis, nunc auctior et comtior.

Publisher: Sumptibus Johannis Davidis Zunneri, Francofurti (Frankfurt), 1669.

Condition: Full vellum. Very good. Original binding. 4to. With 3 foldout maps, sporadic wood engravings, including decorated letters and one wood-engraved map. Pages 321, 322 missing (signature X1), probably never bound with book. Pages largely very clean, with heavy foxing to 3-4 pages. Headband half detached, not affecting binding. With an extensive index. A thick, heavy book. All text in Greek/Latin.

All text is in Greek and Latin. 2 books bound in a single volume.

Contents:

  1. The Gallic War (Greek-Latin parallel text)
  2. The Civil War (Latin)
  3. On the Alexandrine War (Latin)
  4. On the African War (Latin)
  5. On the Hispanic War (Latin)

…with commentaries in Latin.