C. Julius Caesar's Commentaries of his wars in Gaul, and civil war with Pompey. . To which is added, a supplement to his Commentary of his wars in Gaul; as also commentaries of the Alexandrian, African, and Spanish wars, by Aulus Hirtius, or Oppius, &c. With the author's life. Adorn'd with sculptures from the designs of the famous Palladio. Made English from the original Latin. By Coll. Martin Bladen.
Gaius Julius Caesar (100/102 BCE - 44 BCE)
Category
Books
Date
1712
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 3109311
Summary
Bibliographic description
[32], 432, [8] p., [14] leaves of plates (12 folded) . ill.., maps . 8vo.. Provenance: Label in red: Scotney Castle Lamberhurst. - Scotney Castle catalogue, 1855. - Inscribed in ink on front free-endpaper: 'Edwd. Hussey Junr. given to Me by my / father in law W. Jammett Aug. 1809'. - Inscribed in ink in different hands on title page: 'Jos. Pattenson', also:'Fra. Johnson' [crossed through], and 'Edwrd Hussey Junr'. Binding: Eighteenth-century mottled calf, red spine-label, gold-lettered. - Loosely inserted twentieth-century card with catalogue entry in ink.
Makers and roles
Gaius Julius Caesar (100/102 BCE - 44 BCE) Martin Bladen (1680-1745) Aulus Hirtius (c.90-43BC) Dionysius Vossius (1612-1642)