Shelfmark
Fd.4.01
Author
Collective uniform title
Commentaries.
Title
C. Iulii Caesaris Commentarii, post omnes omnium editiones accurata sedulitate, & summa denuo vigilantia ex multorum tam veterum quàm neotericorum exemplarium collatione emendati, & studiosissimè recogniti à Ioanne Rosseto Aurimontano. Hisce, cum locorum, vrbium & populorum nominibus, & expositionibus, ac item rerum, & verborum copiosissimo indice, accessit variarum lectionum libellus perquam vtilis, eodem Rosseto collectore. Cætera sequens indicabit pagina.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lausannæ. : Excudebat Ioannes Probus illustrissimorum dominorum Bernensium in ciuitate Lausannensi typographus., M. D. LXXI. [1571]
Physical description
[20], 256, [34] p. : ill. ; Fo.
Note
Includes woodcut illustrations of towns, maps, and diagrams.
Note
Woodcut calligraphic flourish used as t.p. vignette, and as tail-pieces throughout preliminaries.
Note
Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; initials; marginal line numbers.
Note
Includes index.
Citation/references note
Adams, C55
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Inscription on t.p.: Th. Peak.
Binding
Early 17th century Oxford dark brown calf; blind tooled triple fillet border and inner frame, with palmette fleurons at each corner; blind stamped centrepiece (Kerr centrepiece xxxii); holes from chain on front board; blind tooled double fillet on spine; red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters and triple fillet frame; Caesar written on fore-edge.
Binding
Medieval ms. used as binding scraps, not identified by Kerr.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Ca.2.17, Al.2.30.
Subject
Gaul History Campaigns. Gallic Wars, 58-51 B.C.
Subject
Rome History Republic, 265-30 B.C.
Subject
Rome History, Military 265-30 B.C.
Added entry--name
Rossetus, Johannes editor.
Added entry--name
Le Preux, Jean, ? - d. 1609 printer.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Lausanne
Identifier
B28928