1579 C. IULII CAESARIS RERUM AB SE GESTARUM COMMENTARII By Giulio Cesare / Jean Marcorelle Good History
1579 ,
C. IULII CAESARIS RERUM AB SE GESTARUM COMMENTARII
[C. Julius Caesar's Commentary on things he did]
Quos ad veterum tam manuscriptorum quam impressorum exemplarium fidem accuratissime contulimus.
Reliqua sequens docebit pagella
[To which we have most faithfully contributed the trust of the old manuscripts as well as of the printed copies.
The following page will teach the rest]
By Giulio Cesare / Jean Marcorelle
Jean Marcorelle 1566-1576, printer
Illustrated By:
Format: Hardcover,
Language: Latin
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Published By: Jean Marcorelle for Antoine de Harsy, Lyon
duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7+3⁄8 127 × 187),Pages 630
ISBN:
SKU: BTETM0002406
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Good - Rare Lyon edition that we cannot find in the secondary market. On the title page with the printer's mark of Jean II and Francois Fellon (see Baudrier V, 155). - The BNF Paris copy is dated 1572 on the title and 1573 on the last page, ours is dated 1573 on both the title and the last page. With woodcut printer's mark on title, two folded woodcut maps and 5 wholes. Woodcut panels. First 2 sheets. including title reinforced with scotch tape in the right margin. Title page with collector's stamp. pp. 1-4 missing, ms. added in the 19th century. Some with old marginalia. Headers renewed, old heads installed. Somewhat browned and occasionally stained due to the paper. Overall, a well-preserved copy with the illustrations. Restored contemporary pigskin with rich scroll and plate stamps with figural centerpieces, monogrammed "IMD" and dated 1579 (heavily rubbed and somewhat soiled). Please see photos as part of condition report