The commentaries of C. Julius Cæsar, of his wars in Gallia; and the civil wars betwixt him and Pompey. With many excellent and judicious observations thereupon. As also the art of our modern training. By Clement Edmonds Esquire. To this edition is now added, at the end o every book, those excellent remarks of the Duke of Rohan. Also the commentaries of the Alexandrian and African wars, written by Aulus Hirtius; now first made English. With a geographical nomenclatour of the ancient and modern names of towns. Together with the life of Cæsar. And an account of his medals; revised, corrected, and enlarged.
Gaius Julius Caesar (100/102 BCE - 44 BCE)
Category
Books
Date
1695
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 3210220
Summary
Bibliographic description
[44], 309, [1] p., plates ; fol. With index bound at rear, therefore collated as: [36],309,[9]p. Provenance: not indigenous. Library of the Earls of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, with armorial bookplate 'North Library. Press mark 11.F.6 ... 1860'. Macclesfield armorial blind stamp through preliminary leaves. [Purchased from Maggs Bros., 2011] Former Macclesfield shelfmark: IX.2.21. Binding: eighteenth-century mottled calf; double gilt fillet border; on six raised bands; gilt tooled spine very worn and spine label wanting.
Makers and roles
Gaius Julius Caesar (100/102 BCE - 44 BCE) Sir Clement Edmondes (1566 - 1622) Henri III Rohan, Duke of Rohan and Prince of Leon (1579-1638)