C. Iulii Caesaris commentariorum de bello gallico liber primus

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Label

C. Iulii Caesaris commentariorum de bello gallico liber primus

Instantiates

• C. Iulii Caesaris commentariorum de bello gallico liber primus

Publication

• Impressum Venetiis, Per magistrum Theodorum de Regazonibus de Asula, anno ab incarnatione Domini MCCCCLXXXX die uero xiii iulii 13 July 1490

Note

• Caption title
• Imprint from colophon
• Signatures: a-q8 r6 (leaves h3 and h4 missigned g3 and g4)
• Text printed in roman type, 45 lines to a full page; spaces left for capitals
• Three additional works traditionally included in the Caesarian corpus are present in this ed: the anonymous Bellum Africum and Bellum Hispaniense, as well as Aulus Hirtius' Bellum Alexandrinum and his continuation of Caesar's De bello Gallico
• Leaves p5r-r6r contain descriptive "index" or list by Raimundus Marlianus of geographical names of towns, rivers, and other places mentioned in Caesar's text, with caption title: "Index commentariorum C. Iulii Caesaris & earum rerum quas ad cognitione[m] urbium & fluminum & locorum uir clarissimus & eruditissimus Raymundus Marlianus inuenit atq[ue] addidit."

Dimensions

32 cm (fol.)

Extent

[268] p. (first 2 and last p. blank)

Note

Spec. Coll. copy: early 18th-century tanned sheepskin; triple gilt fillets; gilt-ruled spine compartments; gold-stamped spine title "C. Jul. Caesaris comment. Venet 1490;" marbled endpapers. Unidentified bookplate on front pastedown featuring initials JAD [?] surmounted by a bird. Purchase, Paul Dowling, 2010.

Record ID

6569985

System control number

• (OCoLC)13719453
• ucoclc13719453