Shelfmark
Fp.8.03
Author
Collective uniform title
Works. 1678.
Title
C. Julii Cæsaris quæ exstant, interpretatione et notis illustravit Joannes Goduinus professor regius jussu christianissimi Regis in usum serenissimi Delphini.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Lutetiæ Parisiorum, : Typis Petris le Petit, regii typographi : via Jacobæa, sub signo Crucis aureæ., M. DC. LXXVIII. [1678].
Physical description
[16], 490, [252] p. : ill., 1 fold. map ; 26 cm (4to).
Note
Errata on leaf AAaaa3v.
Note
Includes substantial index.
Note
Signatures: ã4, ẽ4, A-Zz4, AAa-AAaaa4 (final leaf blank.).
Note
Map of Gaul engraved by Liébaux. Engraved frontispiece of a ship with Arion and a dolphin incorporating the arms of the Dauphin and a portrait of Caesar by François Chauveau. Engraved vignette of Julius Caesar on the title page.
Note
Head-pieces and initials.
Provenance
Donation inscription on t.p.: given to Eton College in 1730 by Stephen Weston ('Stephanus Exoniae Episcopus'), Fellow of Eton from 1707 to 1742.
Binding
Late 17th or early 18th century sprinkled calf; blind tooled double fillet border with flower cornerpieces; gold tooled scroll roll on board edges; blind tooled double fillet on spine; red morocco spine label with gold tooled letters; red and brown sprinkled edges; five raised bands.
Copy-specific note
Copy imperfect: lacks engraved frontispiece and map of Gaul.
Copy-specific note
Extensive manuscript collation with another manuscript of Caesar's works throughout.
Copy-specific note
Inscription on first page of main text: Ex bibliothe. Melchis. Thevenot. May indicate that the printed book came from the library of Melchisadec Thevenot (c1620-1692), or that the manuscript used in the collation was in his library.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Fd.5.19, B.o.6.
Subject
Gaul History Gallic Wars, 58-51 B.C.
Subject
Rome History Republic, 265-30 B.C.
Added entry--name
Le Petit, Pierre, 1617? - 1686 printer.
Added entry--name
Weston, Stephen, 1666 - 1742 former owner.
Added entry--name
Thévenot, Melchisédec, 1620 - 1692 former owner.
Added entry--place
France Paris
Language code
lat
Identifier
B45779