The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is Prefixed a Discourse Concerning The Roman Art of War

by Gaius Julius Caesar, William Duncan

$12,000 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition

London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper and R. Dodsley, 1753. First edition of Duncan's translation. Folio, 16 1/4 x 10 1/8 . xii , civ, 335, 1 , 20 pp. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Caesar and 84 engraved plates including 52 double-page, 23 single page, six folding maps, and three folding plates . Bound to style in full speckled tan paneled calf, red morocco spine label, stamped in

• Binding: Leather

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