I commentari di C. Giulio Cesare, con le figure in rame de gli alloggiamenti, de' fatti d'arme, delle circonuallationi delle citt,̀ & di molte altre cose notabili descritte in essi. Fatte da Andrea Palladio per facilare ̀chi legge, la cognition dell' historia. ...
Gaius Julius Caesar (100/102 BCE - 44 BCE)
Category
Books
Date
1618
Materials
Measurements
213 x 170 x 37 mm
Place of origin
Italy
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 3032502
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing and engraving ink, iron gall ink on left flyleaf. Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Laced case, limp, endband lace onlyDate of Binding: 16.4, contemporaryBinder's Name: ItalianEnd Leaves: Left: 2-leaf text hook of handmade laid paper with folded stub, no pastedown. Right: missingStructure: BritishEdges: plain-cut to show proof with plough marks Spine Lining: near flat, slight joints, paper linings almost entriely lost - fragments survive under the tiedowns only End Bands: worked with back beads over twisted alum-tawed cores with a double thread. No secondary sewing.Bookmark: NoneBoards: NoneCovering: full hairsheep parchment, end Tooling: titled on spine in large late gothic rotondo script from head to tail.Furniture: None Enclosure: fore-edge wrapperBinding Notes: There are 41 folded plates mounted on guards, but there may be at least one missing at the end.
Bibliographic description
[38], 407, [1], 40 plates . ill.., maps . 4to. Provenance: Brief Latin note on flyleaf.. Binding: Seventeenth-century limp vellum binding; horizontal spine title in ink.
Makers and roles
Gaius Julius Caesar (100/102 BCE - 44 BCE) Andrea Palladio (1508-1580)