Shelfmark
Fe.6.04
Author
Collective uniform title
Works. 1551
Title
C. Iulii Cæsaris rerum ab se gestarum commentarii. Quæ in hac habeantur editione, sequens pagella docebit.
Varying form of title
C. Iulii Caesaris rervm ab se gestarvm commentarii
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Rerum ab se gestarum commentarii
Varying form of title
C. Julii Caesaris rerum ab se gestarum commentarii
Publication, distribution, etc.
Antuerpiae, : Ex officina Ioannis Loëi., Anno M.D.LI. [1551]
Physical description
[32], 064 [i.e. 460], [72]; 88, [20] p. : ill. (maps) ; 17 cm. (8vo)
Note
Includes "Eutropii epitome belli Gallici ex Suetonii Tranquilli monumentis quae desiderantur. In C. Iulij Cæsaris commentarios de bello Gallico ac ciuili, Henrici Glareani poetæ laureati annotationes" (88, [20] p.), with separate title-page.
Note
Signatures: *-2*⁸ A-M⁸ N⁶ 2A-2V⁸ 2X⁴ 2a⁸ 2b⁴ 2c-2e⁸ ²2F⁸ 2G¹⁰ (2G10 blank).
Note
Collects other works after separate title-page reading "Eutropii epitome belli Gallici ex Suetonii Tranquilli monumentis quae desiderantur. In C. Iulij Caesaris commentarios de bello Gallico ac ciuili, Henrici Glareani poetae laureati annotationes" (88, [20] p.).
Note
Woodcuts: printer's device, initials, map of Gaul (*5-6), map of Hispania (**4-5), diagrams of five works of military engineering (bridging the Rhine, fortifications for four sieges) across gatherings * and **. -- .
Note
Historiated initials; printed sidenotes.
Note
Printer's device on both title-pages, with motto in Latin and Greek.
Note
Numerous errors in pagination.
Citation/references note
Index Aureliensis, 128.734
Citation/references note
Adams, C40
Provenance
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Provenance
Ownership inscriptions on title-page of Samuel Glode dated 28 April, 1656, and of John Triggs dated 1717. Note in ECL card catalogue "Both these names are Devon (Exeter) names".
Provenance
Ms. inscription of Thomas Johnson on verso of final blank leaf, with couplet: Qui rapit hunc furto vel vi vel fraude libellu[m] / Non hominu[m] quisqua[m] sed deus ultor erit.
Binding
16th-century English brown calf binding; wooden boards; blind double fillet borders with blind-stamped crown on covers; traces of two pairs of clasps; four raised bands; red morocco spine-label.
Copy-specific note
Previously: Fd.6.01.
Subject
Rome History Republic, 265-30 B.C.
Subject
Gaul History 58 B.C.-511 A.D.
Added entry--name
Loë, Jean de, active 1545 - 1560 printer.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1667 - 1727 former owner.
Added entry--place
Belgium Antwerp.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B32210