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Les commentaires de Iules Cesar / translatez par noble home Estienne de Laigue dit Beauuoys, ... ; avec les portraictz & descriptio[n]s des lieux, fortz, pontz, machines et autres choses dont est faict mentiones presens Commentaires.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection LatC C1165 Eh1 1546
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Caesar, Julius.
- Standardized Title:
- Works French. 1546
- Language:
- French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600)
- Subjects (All):
- History, Military.
- Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- History.
- Gaul--History--Gallic Wars, 58-51 B.C.
- Gaul.
- Rome--History--Civil War, 49-45 B.C.
- Rome--History, Military--Early works to 1800.
- Genre:
- Manuscript waste (Binding)
- Physical Description:
- 24 unnumbered leaves, 423 leaves : : illustrations, map ; 13 cm (16mo)
- Edition:
- Nouuellement reueuz & corrigez.
- Other Title:
- Commentaires de Ivles Cesar
- Commentaires de Jules Cesar
- Fingerprint:
- e-de 80ar e&de entr (3) 1546 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- A Paris : On les vend chez Oudin Petit ..., 1546.
- Notes:
- Signatures: [fleuron]⁸ [par.]-2[par.]⁸ a-z⁸ [et]⁸ A-2F⁸.
- Edition statement transposed from statement of responsibility.
- Variant edition issued by Iehan Ruelle recorded.
- "Imprimé a Paris par Pierre Gaultier."--Colophon.
- Dedicated to Philippes Chabot.
- Woodcut initials.
- The anonymous "Bellum Africum" and "Bellum Hispaniense" as well as Aulus Hirtius' "Bellum Alexandrinum" and his continuation of Caesar's "De Bello Gallico" have been traditionally included in the Caesarian corpus and are present in this work.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy bound in full leather with blind stamped rectangular panel on boards with evidence of clasps; portion of unidentified early vellum ms. used as front and back pastedowns; ms. annotation on title page.
- Cited in:
- BM STC French, 1470-1600 p. 89
- Contains:
- Hirtius, Aulus. De bello Gallico. Liber 8
- Hirtius, Aulus. Bellum Alexandrinum.
- Bellum Africum.
- Bellum Hispaniense.
- OCLC:
- 701395000
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